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> Those who would work in government but choose not to say there’s too much red tape and the pay isn’t high enough Whoa there tiger. Maybe some people do, but
by jahewson 4y ago
> Those who would work in government but choose not to say there’s too much red tape and the pay isn’t high enough
Whoa there tiger. Maybe some people do, but there’s plenty of people who simple never, ever want to work for politicians. Why on earth would I want to work for those lamentable grifters? Most of them are not solving anything.
Even when it works it fails. Any attempt at long-termism leads to short-term pain that opens up a weakness that the opposing party uses to grab power and undo it.
And why should it work? With an electorate that skews towards retirement age the system is delivering exactly the result one would expect - enriching retirees at the expense of future generations. For my generation: no housing, no healthcare, no pension, no climate. For retirees: no taxes.
It feels like we need a fundamental change to enfranchisement. Perhaps parents should be able to cast votes for their children?
- ethanbond 4y agoThe only fundamental change that’s both required and possible is young people with good ideas stepping up to the plate instead of throwing up their hands and declaring the whole system bankrupt.
- jahewson 4y agoHard disagree. The system showers rewards on the older generations in exchange for votes. It offers young people almost nothing. Retirees also have nothing better to do than sit around watching and reading conservative propaganda which is close to impossible to compete with.
- ethanbond 4y agoYep, all those things are true. And yet still the only realistic solution is as advertised up above.
- jahewson 4y agoI don’t think it’s realistic to expect people who don’t hold power, who have the least resources, the least leverage, to be able to take power. The nature of power is that it can be used to stop people from doing exactly this. And it’s a moot point because if you figure out the magic formula for getting this huge turnout then the same approach will be used by your opponents and the largest demographic will still win, and that’s not young people.