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I think a lot of politicians lacked and still lack the moral courage to say “we don’t know yet” or “we’re acting out of caution as the science isn’t clear”. I’m
by BoxOfRain 5y ago
I think a lot of politicians lacked and still lack the moral courage to say “we don’t know yet” or “we’re acting out of caution as the science isn’t clear”. I’m not sure how we can devise a system of politics where moral courage doesn’t conflict with career progression, perhaps a nonpartisan democracy would be better for this but that may have issues of its own.
- syshum 5y agoI think the bigger problem here is not "we’re acting out of caution as the science" but more that politicians are incapable of saying "we are NOT going to act because the science is unclear" They must be seen as ALWAYS doing something, anything, to solve every perceived problem. This is the root cause of most of the issues, Just once I would love to see a politician say "This is not for government to solve" ... Just once...
- t0bia_s 5y agoBecause it is what we learn in school as kids. We are persecuted for saying "I don't know" and here we are. Everybody have opinions on everything. A lot of people think, that they know a lot. But actually only few people actually know something.