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I think that What Jeff Jackson says here ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxEu3L2cMEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxEu3L2cMEE ) is pertinent. Most of the
by ebiester 3y ago
I think that What Jeff Jackson says here ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxEu3L2cMEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxEu3L2cMEE ) is pertinent.
Most of the people in congress are more calculating and competent than they look. They are largely clever and socially adept, and have smart people around them. The problem is that the incentives for public speech are misaligned.
That's why it's rarely what the politician says that matters - it's what they vote for that counts. And largely, The pentagon and NSA tell politicians what they need and they get it.
- howmayiannoyyou 3y agoI worked on the Hill and this is unfortunately not the case in general, though there are exceptions.
- airstrike 3y agoI think the real story is we elect the candidates that do the best job of convincing people that they are aligned with their wishes and values, but those wishes and values proclaimed by the politician are, at best, only a very noisy proxy for how they will vote and, at worst, entirely fabricated for the sole purpose of winning votes
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoThe skills required to get the job are mutually exclusive of the skills required to do the job.