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> sometimes they really do know what's best--that is their job afterall. not: That's the expert's job, not the politician's. A politician's job is to secure an
by tdeck 5y ago
> sometimes they really do know what's best--that is their job afterall.
not: That's the expert's job, not the politician's. A politician's job is to secure and maintain enough support from critical stakeholders so that they can stay in power. Depending on how the society is organized, that might mean making many people happy with successful public policies, or only a few people happy in the army command, megadonor class, central committee, etc...
- h2odragon 5y agoI would say the politician's job is finding workable compromises between conflicting peoples and agendas. A technician of the polis . Rulers need power so they won't need to compromise.
- mdp2021 5y agoSorry but I feel it important to correct one detail: -- experts are the ones supposed to be reliable about the outcomes¹; politicians should be the ones reliable about the weighs to choose as multipliers to said outcomes in decision. How good one is at one's job, it still depends on the individual. -- ¹That's not exactly «knowing what's best». Experts are often biased in a field. To the doctor it may easily be "not to overcrowd the hospital", to the economist "not to undercrowd the commercial areas".
- tdeck 5y agoOops meant to write "nit" but my phone didn't think that was a likely word.