▲ 914 ▼ An 82-Year-Old Congresswoman Told a Fourth Grader His Teacher Was Feeding Him Propaganda. His Essay Was About Electric Cars (www.yahoo.com) submitted 2 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 166 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 12 points 2 months ago (1 child) Because we select our leaders via rigged popularity contests then let them sit in office with zero accountability, zero modern standards for hiring or work oversight, and "performance evaluations" every 2-6 years. Imagine running a company that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* Exactly. The greatest problem of Representative Democracy where each representative stands for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people - meaning voters can't know the person, only their carefully managed external image - is that it's selecting people for just Salesmanship capabilities, and salespeople are seldom good at anything that requires logical and honest thinking (in my experience, the best salespeople believe their own bullshit, and that's not at all possible if one's views are detailed and honest, rather than vague and full of wishful thinking). So the top managers of a nation are people selected for personal qualities that are almost antithetical to the qualities a good manager should have. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* Exactly. The greatest problem of Representative Democracy where each representative stands for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people - meaning voters can't know the person, only their carefully managed external image - is that it's selecting people for just Salesmanship capabilities, and salespeople are seldom good at anything that requires logical and honest thinking (in my experience, the best salespeople believe their own bullshit, and that's not at all possible if one's views are detailed and honest, rather than vague and full of wishful thinking). So the top managers of a nation are people selected for personal qualities that are almost antithetical to the qualities a good manager should have. permalink fedilink source parent