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Political Fray
800 Generals, Admirals and a janitor from Space Force assembled to discuss…
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<blockquote data-quote="Garraty_47" data-source="post: 1359783" data-attributes="member: 1547"><p>Politics is how policy is *marketed* to the public.</p><p>Politicians don't write policy.</p><p>Think tanks and lobbyists and industry reps write policy which is then given to politicians to sell as their or their party's "work" to the oblivious masses.</p><p></p><p>What most people want, what's popular among voters, rarely affects whether or not a policy is implemented.</p><p></p><p>There have been several studies proving this.</p><p>From 2014:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B[/URL]</p><p></p><p>As Frank Zappa once said:</p><p>"Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex."</p><p></p><p>...and it's only gotten worse since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garraty_47, post: 1359783, member: 1547"] Politics is how policy is *marketed* to the public. Politicians don't write policy. Think tanks and lobbyists and industry reps write policy which is then given to politicians to sell as their or their party's "work" to the oblivious masses. What most people want, what's popular among voters, rarely affects whether or not a policy is implemented. There have been several studies proving this. From 2014: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B[/URL] As Frank Zappa once said: "Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex." ...and it's only gotten worse since. [/QUOTE]
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