sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoPark benches don't "open" until 10amlemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square177linkfedilinkarrow-up1818arrow-down115
arrow-up1803arrow-down1imagePark benches don't "open" until 10amlemmy.imagisphe.resanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square177linkfedilink
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 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-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThey cause public attitudes in most cases, so…
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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-down1·17 hours 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.
minus-squareKaerkob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI think some of the politicians really are part of the problem.
Because it gets them votes. The politicians aren’t the problem, they merely reflect public attitudes.
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.
I think some of the politicians really are part of the problem.