if you have a firm alignment with some interest group, calls or bloc, following politics is low cost—you just vote with them or their leaders. Parties exist for a reason.
By “following” I just meant “paying attention to”, which is automatically not low cost. I think it’s plausible that you could make decent decisions without paying any attention, but in practice people who think about rationalist arguments for/against voting do pay attention, and would pay less attention (perhaps 10-100 hours’ worth per election?) if they didn’t vote.
if you have a firm alignment with some interest group, calls or bloc, following politics is low cost—you just vote with them or their leaders. Parties exist for a reason.
By “following” I just meant “paying attention to”, which is automatically not low cost. I think it’s plausible that you could make decent decisions without paying any attention, but in practice people who think about rationalist arguments for/against voting do pay attention, and would pay less attention (perhaps 10-100 hours’ worth per election?) if they didn’t vote.