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> Are you saying the least competent candidate is always the one who gets elected? Or just that only incompetent people become politicians? The candidate that
by x-complexity 3y ago
> Are you saying the least competent candidate is always the one who gets elected? Or just that only incompetent people become politicians?
The candidate that is most capable of being elected is the one that either:
- Can garner the most votes
- Can prevent other candidates from getting votes
Nowhere in the above is technical competency a requirement to be elected. It may help, but its far down the list of "electable attributes".
- rightbyte 3y agoAnother way of putting it is that the hardest thing with being a (high level) politician is being elected. I am active in my county and if you breath and can be nice for 1h we will give you a position somewhere.