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Not sure what political will is, here. If it is doing what the population wants, wouldn't taxing the rich be hugely popular?
by sverhagen 3y ago
Not sure what political will is, here. If it is doing what the population wants, wouldn't taxing the rich be hugely popular?
- boppo1 3y agoThe population that matters politically is not the general population.
- friend_and_foe 3y agoPolitical will doesn't directly equal majority vote, for better or worse. There are factions within an electorate that matter that can imbalance even with a small contingent of the population changing their support. A guy's district has 5% who work at some steel mill for example, and he wins elections with 52%, and those steel workers support him. He might not be able to do something that all his supporters would want that they wouldn't, or to do it he might have to do things to win over another contingent to ensure his reelection. Also he needs patronage from businesses to fund his reelection, he has to think about that too. So political will is quite a bit more complex than just more than half of people wanting it. Objectives that people want have to align and not interfere with each other.
- gndk 3y agoDemocracy is two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.