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> We're talking about politics. It's a game No, it's deadly serious. > that simply does not select for those attributes. I agree that it does not select for
by lapcat 1y ago
> We're talking about politics. It's a game
No, it's deadly serious.
> that simply does not select for those attributes.
I agree that it does not select for those attributes. Whether that's a simple matter is debatable, though perhaps it is simple: in the political system I live under, elections are pay-to-play and self-funded, inherently favoring candidates who can raise vast sums of money and thereby encouraging political corruption.
> We all would like altruistic bankers and energetic, ambitious DMV workers, too.
Note that these are not elected positions.
- tjwebbnorfolk 1y agoOf course it's deadly serious. Politicians could end the entire world with nuclear weapons. (They might still!). It is also a game, with players and objectives, and zero-sum outcomes for the players. You either get elected, or you don't, and it's up to each player to decide what they are willing to do in order to win.
- lapcat 1y agoIt's interesting how you don't consider the voters to be among the players.