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Politics is a bit like the roads in that it depends on manners, trust, mutual respect and a sense of fair play.
by HPsquared 9mo ago
Politics is a bit like the roads in that it depends on manners, trust, mutual respect and a sense of fair play.
- arethuza 9mo agoThat has been called the "Good Chap" theory of government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Good_chap%22_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Good_chap%22_theory
- HPsquared 9mo agoI do believe that if people have good "unofficial" unwritten/unspoken manners and customs, pretty much any official "system" can work. Conversely, if the unofficial stuff is not on point, you'll have all sorts of trouble even with a theoretically good system. It's like "Thinking Fast and Slow". Fast, unofficial, unconscious part of decisions and actions versus the slow, official, conscious part. The unconscious is more important in many cases.