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>...unless you subscribe to an extremely simplistic ideology. Politicians with these ideologies don't generally get elected... Only politicians with simplistic

by drcube 15y ago

>...unless you subscribe to an extremely simplistic ideology. Politicians with these ideologies don't generally get elected... Only politicians with simplistic ideologies get elected. What world have you been living in? "Soundbite philosophy" is a big part of why our governments are so terrible at their jobs. Nuance and subtlety don't earn you votes.

mseebach 15y ago
No, they run on simplistic renderings of whatever issues are fashionable whenever they run. Most have no discernible consistent ideology at all, and are elected on vague metrics such as "good leader" and "likeable".