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Doing things to keep voters happy is their job.
by beezlewax 3y ago
Doing things to keep voters happy is their job.
- fifilura 3y agoThat is the psychology behind populism. Might as well say that my job is keeping my kids happy. That is why I give them candies instead of dinner.
- stickfigure 3y agoParents aren't elected to serve their children.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoIt’s telling to me that some people are very ready to equate government to parents.
- phatfish 3y agoThe abstract idea of a (democratic, elected) government is parental, it is supposed to run a country to better the lives of its citizens. Whether some of the people that gain power in government are even adults is debatable though.
- fifilura 3y agoFair enough possible that the analogy halts. But .. . 1. promise something with a simple message that is an oversimplification to get enogh voters. 2. Do it because you promised the voters. Even if it is a bad idea and will not lead to good results.
- jbm 3y agoThe alternative ("we will tell you what is good for you") led to Canadian cities looking like a time machine to the 90s. As a voter and not a member of the elite, I prefer having trains built and new cities expanded for our growing population, rather than incantations being offered to irrational secular gods ("the markets") and the constant shrinkage of beds in our healthcare system.