Voters want better health care, a powerful military, a strong social security net, but also lower taxes. There’s 120% demands but only 100% to go around.
Voters also often believe their pet issue voting bloc is more powerful than it actually is. It’s an interesting question to ask why people like to believe their voting bloc is larger than it really is. One reason might be that the people that are ill-calibrated on their own causal impact are more likely to show up as a voter.
It follows that an effective politician lies. There is no blame to go to politicans really. The average politician is a Christ-like figure that takes on the karmic burden of dishonesty for the dharma, because voters are children.
A conventional politician lies sure—but he or she would not want to be known as a liar. Being known as a liar seems bad. But there is another type of politician: the ‘Brazen Liar Politican’ who is known to be a liar, who lies blatantly and lies often, who puts no effort in hiding their lies.
How could this possibly be a good political strategy? Well the voters know that he’s a liar but paradoxically that may make them more likely to vote for him. This is because voters are irrational. Many voters with may believe the Brazen Liar Politician may ultimately favor their special interest, their pet issue while throwing other voter blocs (suckers!) under the bus—after the election.
In this regime—paradoxically—it may become advantageous to be known to be dishonest!
Voters are irrational.
Voters want better health care, a powerful military, a strong social security net, but also lower taxes. There’s 120% demands but only 100% to go around.
Voters also often believe their pet issue voting bloc is more powerful than it actually is. It’s an interesting question to ask why people like to believe their voting bloc is larger than it really is. One reason might be that the people that are ill-calibrated on their own causal impact are more likely to show up as a voter.
It follows that an effective politician lies. There is no blame to go to politicans really. The average politician is a Christ-like figure that takes on the karmic burden of dishonesty for the dharma, because voters are children.
A conventional politician lies sure—but he or she would not want to be known as a liar. Being known as a liar seems bad. But there is another type of politician: the ‘Brazen Liar Politican’ who is known to be a liar, who lies blatantly and lies often, who puts no effort in hiding their lies.
How could this possibly be a good political strategy? Well the voters know that he’s a liar but paradoxically that may make them more likely to vote for him. This is because voters are irrational. Many voters with may believe the Brazen Liar Politician may ultimately favor their special interest, their pet issue while throwing other voter blocs (suckers!) under the bus—after the election.
In this regime—paradoxically—it may become advantageous to be known to be dishonest!