• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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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?

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      6 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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        6 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?

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          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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            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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                6 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.