• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Electing a legislator is not electing a dictator. The system was designed to give people with good ideas a chance to lead, not just professional politicians. Your attitude is borderline elitist and leads to the “ok it’s my turn now” phenominon that’s made the Democrats so ineffective in the last couple of decades. The only time anyone’s gotten excited for them in recent memory was Obama, who had been a politician for a whole 4 years before becoming president.

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      6 days ago

      Electing a legislator is not electing a dictator.

      No shit. But you presumably still want qualified people doing the job?

      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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        5 days ago

        As far as I’m concerned “makes good decisions” is a better qualification than “made a career out of running for office”

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          5 days ago

          And how does one typically get good enough at a job to “make good decisions”? And how would you know if they would “make good decisions” in that job?

          • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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            5 days ago

            And how does one typically get good enough at a job to “make good decisions”?

            Not being so power hungry as to choose politics as a career thereby losing touch with the rest of society is a damn good start

            And how would you know if they would “make good decisions” in that job?

            Idk maybe they could spend a few months telling us their ideas, and then the people could go and pick the candidate they like the most, like some sort of election

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              5 days ago

              Idk maybe they could spend a few months telling us their ideas, and then the people could go and pick the candidate they like the most, like some sort of election

              You believe their lies?

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                  5 days ago

                  If they’ve held office before then you’ll know from their track record what they are like without needing to trust the campaign trail blather.