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People like power, in particular politicians. The have a bias towards any measure that makes them feel powerful and in control.
by Hermel 5y ago
People like power, in particular politicians. The have a bias towards any measure that makes them feel powerful and in control.
- toss1 5y agoIn a word: Bullsh*t. You fail to have the slightest understanding of how politics works, beyone that of a 5-year old child. Sure, some politicians may like to 'flex', but in the real world, that is not how they do it, even for the petty motive to feel their power, beyond perhaps some petty sheriff in a no-account town. There are far better ways to 'flex' and feel one's power that do not involve making a large portion of your voters hate you. Moreover, for something like this to be implemented, MANY bureaucrats and politicians need to be involved, all with different motives, so one emotionally stunted politician could not pull it off without a lot of help, which would not be available absent decent reasons, at least in any democratic system (autocracies are an entirely different story, but AFAIK, few of us on HN currently live in one).