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Politicians who appease these irrational psychogenic illnesses that sweep a population instead of saying "you're all idiots" are awful people. An abrogation of
by energy123 10mo ago
Politicians who appease these irrational psychogenic illnesses that sweep a population instead of saying "you're all idiots" are awful people. An abrogation of their leadership.
- eru 10mo agoYou know how voting works?
- energy123 10mo agoI know the point of representative democracy.
- eru 10mo agoI am saying that your suggested course of action might be morally superior, but it's hard to get (re-) elected with it. So there's a selection bias amongst the politicians you see in power.
- energy123 10mo agoAgreed that it's in their self-interest to participate in the mass hysteria, but I believe my point still stands that it's an abrogation of leadership.
- eru 10mo agoThere's probably plenty of people who would be happy to be elected leaders but who don't compromise their morals like this. You just never see them elected.
- w10-1 10mo agoAsk yourself: for politicians who know they are on their way out, what prevents them from selling out what power they have? I doubt any have a sufficiently inflated sense of self, and most likely know how to do so nowadays without getting caught. Sure, we want to elect good people. But relying on their goodness invites moral hazards like this. Everything that makes them an effective politician also makes them an effective criminal, so the question is hardly academic.