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At least politicians traveling are ostensibly doing it as representatives of their constituents. In theory it is reasonable that diplomatic summits whose outcom
by alisonatwork 3y ago
At least politicians traveling are ostensibly doing it as representatives of their constituents. In theory it is reasonable that diplomatic summits whose outcome could affect millions of people are attended not by the millions but by a small number of professionals whose job it is to advocate for the millions.
Much less defensible, from a utilitarian perspective, are the corporate retreats and company meetups that are quite common in the tech industry.
- Dalewyn 3y ago>a small number of professionals whose job it is to advocate for the millions. That is why we ostensibly have ambassadors and embassies for the few occasions when someone must be physically present abroad. For everything else, there's Maste-- I mean your favourite means of high speed, high fidelity, instantaneous, secure telecommunications.