Aren’t all four of your disputes also applicable to any discussion about choosing candidates for office? The only large political organizations I’ve seen which advocate changing incentives for politicians and bureacrats instead of voting for the “right candidate” are single-issue pressure groups like the NRA or AARP. As successful as they are, the strategy doesn’t seem to generalize, despite the efforts of groups like DownsizeDC.
Aren’t all four of your disputes also applicable to any discussion about choosing candidates for office? The only large political organizations I’ve seen which advocate changing incentives for politicians and bureacrats instead of voting for the “right candidate” are single-issue pressure groups like the NRA or AARP. As successful as they are, the strategy doesn’t seem to generalize, despite the efforts of groups like DownsizeDC.