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> compared to my native Sweden. When I only vote for politicians, I need to know their opinions on everything. That, I find, is exhausting. I am surprised to h
by throwaway2037 2y ago
> compared to my native Sweden. When I only vote for politicians, I need to know their opinions on everything. That, I find, is exhausting.
I am surprised to hear this. For most parliamentary democracies, political parties publish a political platform statement before each election. Isn't the summary enough to make a decision?
- Etheryte 2y agoThat very strongly depends on which issues are important to you and which aren't. The more nuanced your opinions about any given topic, the harder it is to take anything useful away from a summary. Political platforms as summaries tend to be too broad in my opinion, e.g. reduce this or that or improve this or that, but without saying on account of what. In politics, everything is a trade off and if you want to increase spend on something then that money has to come from somewhere else, whether that's increased taxes, reduced spending on some other topic, or etc. Saying they want to increase the spend on something without saying how they're gonna get there is not useful.
- throwaway2037 2y agoDo you really think your vote matters that much? You are overthinking it. Your vote, while important to a functioning democracy, does not matter that much in an election.