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Politics happens via communication, but what differentiates politics is that it is mostly about resource allocation. People don't (usually) get pissed off abou
by _jal 4y ago
Politics happens via communication, but what differentiates politics is that it is mostly about resource allocation.
People don't (usually) get pissed off about idle chitchat. They do when their project is spiked.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoOK, but it's a particular kind of resource allocation. Economics is about resource allocation using money and markets. Politics is about resource allocation using... influence? Connections? Coercion? If we had an open, transparent market where sponsors could bid on research, it might work better. (Hey, HN: Anybody want to set up such a market, funding it by taking a small cut of the bid?)
- honkler 4y agoeconomics is the justification/rationalism that politics puts forth for resource allocation.