• honey_im_meat_grinding@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    The average politicians may not present themselves as being smart, but the lobbyists, think tanks, advisors that interact with them and influence their behaviour are not dumb. Rather than assuming it’s either malice or ignorance, we can instead opt for a more middle ground assumption: it’s both malice and ignorance, symbiotically feeding off each other.