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[–] Zorque@kbin.social 58 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Some politicians do, its just they tend to burn themselves out fighting against the neverending tide of the self-interested ones.

It doesn't help that often they have little to no support structure because most people assume they're corrupt by default.

[–] rudyharrelson@kbin.social 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that's typically considered the difference between a "politican" and a "statesman" (or statesperson)

Politicians care about winning elections and staying in power, whereas statesmen actually give a damn about the future over getting eternally re-elected on empty promises.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 12 points 5 months ago

The problem is that politicians run the show, so if statesman (or legislators) want to get things done, they have to play the political game anyways. Becoming politicians by default.

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This kinda sounds like the whole few bad apples thing.

[–] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Are you suggesting the politicians who try to help people out, or who care about the public, are the "few bad apples"?

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean at the same time that's meant to be the advantage of a democracy

When everyone is pushing their own self interests, more often than not things ought to average out close to a compromise everyone can accept

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Which is, frankly, a ridiculous concept. If you only ever consider your own wants, compromise (a necessary concept in any non-authoritarian system) is impossible.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Balance of self interests is literally the entire concept of politics and economics