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One thing I’ve learned about politics in the past few decades is that most successful career politicians are weathervanes - ie, they point the direction the (po
by r00fus 4y ago
One thing I’ve learned about politics in the past few decades is that most successful career politicians are weathervanes - ie, they point the direction the (political) wind blows.
This is by design in a democracy. However due to political parties, the pol may simply attach to the most powerful sub group they can use to parley themselves into re-election. So they often double down on their existing stances to keep/grow their core voting bloc.
- simplotek 4y ago> This is by design in a democracy. I'm not sure I agree. It's one thing to claim that opinions changed, but an entirely different thing to feign support for topics you have no intention or expectation to act upon just because it might help you poll better. This last one is diametrically opposed to "the will of the people".