Politicians probably conform to the median voter’s views.
Most voters are not the median, so most people usually dislike the winning politicians.
But people dislike the politicians for different reasons.
Nerds should avoid giving advice that boils down to “behave optimally”. Instead, analyze the reasons for the current failure to behave optimally and give more targeted advice.
Since lavalamp hasn’t responded my interpretation of netiquette is that you can just do it anyway (with attribution). I don’t think I’d even have asked; a comment on one of my posts is always fair game for attributed inclusion into the text, just like the post itself is fair game for inclusion into comments.
Needs a TL;DR:
Politicians probably conform to the median voter’s views.
Most voters are not the median, so most people usually dislike the winning politicians.
But people dislike the politicians for different reasons.
Nerds should avoid giving advice that boils down to “behave optimally”. Instead, analyze the reasons for the current failure to behave optimally and give more targeted advice.
That may be better than anything I would come up with on my own. Mind if I cut-and-paste?
Not at all! Go for it!
When Jandila offered a succinct summary of part of one of my posts, I just added it to the OP (w/ proper credit) without asking for permission.
Since lavalamp hasn’t responded my interpretation of netiquette is that you can just do it anyway (with attribution). I don’t think I’d even have asked; a comment on one of my posts is always fair game for attributed inclusion into the text, just like the post itself is fair game for inclusion into comments.
To summarize the summary: people are a problem.