sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoPark benches don't "open" until 10amlemmy.todayimagemessage-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down116
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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·17 days ago And politicians think removing their best option is a solution? Because it gets them votes. The politicians aren’t the problem, they merely reflect public attitudes.
minus-squareKaerkob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoI think some of the politicians really are part of the problem.
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoThey cause public attitudes in most cases, so…
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoWhat makes you think that the average politician is actually a leader, rather than just a follower who pays attention to polls? That would imply they have a spine, which seems unlikely.
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·16 days agoYou have a good point, actually 🤣 But people prefer to follow the one who “knows everything” and that never shows any kind of doubt or insecurity. C’mon, precisely because they’re in the “Dunning-Kruger” sector of the bell curve is why they can have a big influence in a lot of people.
Because it gets them votes. The politicians aren’t the problem, they merely reflect public attitudes.
I think some of the politicians really are part of the problem.
They cause public attitudes in most cases, so…
What makes you think that the average politician is actually a leader, rather than just a follower who pays attention to polls? That would imply they have a spine, which seems unlikely.
You have a good point, actually 🤣
But people prefer to follow the one who “knows everything” and that never shows any kind of doubt or insecurity.
C’mon, precisely because they’re in the “Dunning-Kruger” sector of the bell curve is why they can have a big influence in a lot of people.