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There are a whole bunch of "Right" things to do. How does one choose? By listening to the people who they represent in real time. Otherwise, how can they possi

• bravetraveler 2y ago
  I agree. I'm not advocating to not vote or engage. Quite the contrary. It's between the lines. I'm not sure we have that feedback loop. Last I looked, non-voters beat voters consistently. A vote of no confidence in the false dichotomy is better than non-participation. Break the eggs/make the omelette.
• tialaramex 2y ago
  You should be choosing people who will make the right choice. Occasions when sudden change needs radically new information should be rare. If you ask me how "my" representative (MP Alan Whitehead, so arguably no longer "my representative" because there's an election next month and Parliament is dissolved) voted on an issue I didn't even know about, I can usually make a pretty good guess based on what I know about Alan. e.g. taxes -- Alan doesn't like taxation as much as me, so "Increase tax on..." means probably that's a No from Alan. However, he does think we should soak the ultra-rich, so, while a tax on booze, cars, or even holiday homes would be a non-starter, Alan can probably get behind a plan to increase tax, say, on owning a private jet, or a new tax on billionaires.
  • jvanderbot 2y ago
    Sure - there's some element of trust. But I can only trust politicians judgement on tech issues so far.