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We kinda as a society and all that, expect people working in government to have some saintly features. For people who are selected and elected to positions with
by anyfactor 4y ago
We kinda as a society and all that, expect people working in government to have some saintly features. For people who are selected and elected to positions within a government.
The power held through working in a government clearly doesn't justify their documented benefits. So, we do hope these individuals to possess monk like qualities with a self sacrificial mindset.
Even though their argument for working in social and civil reform institutes does sound reasonable at first, but I think it is controversial.
I think fundamentally progressive ideas does not win through democratic process. They are disruptive ideas that represent a minority of people. Through an incredible movement these reforms gain democratic edge. But politicians are elected to democratic process and presently compared, they often aren't the ideal persons to led a progressive movement, they have too much skin in the game and can hold back free flowing progressive and disruptive ideas.
- fwlr 4y agoI think you might find Thomas Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions interesting; he argues that it’s only about half of society that has this view you describe (expecting people in authority to be somewhat saintly, self-sacrificing, or monk-like), and the other half has a very different view.
- anyfactor 4y agoThat is interesting. I am not very educated on Sowell's views beyond his interviews on the Hover Institute YT channel. I will take a deeper look. Thank you for your recommendation.