http://trilema.com/2017/why-politicians-dont-ever-do-anything-for-the-people-a-model/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:29:23 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2017/why-politicians-dont-ever-do-anything-for-the-people-a-model/#comment-143156 The slaves of 1935 on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:07:09 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=71041#comment-143156 [...] enough to buy one million of her. There didn't of course live one million gypsies in Romania at that time. [↩]He flatters himself, of course, in that deeply jewish notion that their "our democracy" [...] [...] enough to buy one million of her. There didn't of course live one million gypsies in Romania at that time. [↩]He flatters himself, of course, in that deeply jewish notion that their "our democracy" [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2017/why-politicians-dont-ever-do-anything-for-the-people-a-model/#comment-131676 Catch-22 « The Tar Pit Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:08:24 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=71041#comment-131676 [...] Think about it for a moment: you live in times in which democracy is considered valuable. Thus politicians' greatest incentive is to claim that they do things "for the people" -- not to actually do that, mind you, but only to claim it. Some of the more stupid ones will actually give it a shot, despite the numerous examples of failure given to us by history. And despite the failure, they will continue claiming the opposite, leading to a spiral of marketing and PR and whatnot, leading us to MAGA and whatnot. Popescu's got details in his writings. [...] [...] Think about it for a moment: you live in times in which democracy is considered valuable. Thus politicians' greatest incentive is to claim that they do things "for the people" -- not to actually do that, mind you, but only to claim it. Some of the more stupid ones will actually give it a shot, despite the numerous examples of failure given to us by history. And despite the failure, they will continue claiming the opposite, leading to a spiral of marketing and PR and whatnot, leading us to MAGA and whatnot. Popescu's got details in his writings. [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2017/why-politicians-dont-ever-do-anything-for-the-people-a-model/#comment-124372 The Tar Pit - Catch-22 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:12:51 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=71041#comment-124372 [...] Think about it for a moment: you live in times in which democracy is considered valuable. Thus politicians' greatest incentive is to claim that they do things "for the people" -- not to actually do that, mind you, but only to claim it. Some of the more stupid ones will actually give it a shot, despite the numerous examples of failure given to us by history. And despite the failure, they will continue claiming the opposite, leading to a spiral of marketing and PR and whatnot, leading us to MAGA and whatnot. Popescu's got details in his writings. [...] [...] Think about it for a moment: you live in times in which democracy is considered valuable. Thus politicians' greatest incentive is to claim that they do things "for the people" -- not to actually do that, mind you, but only to claim it. Some of the more stupid ones will actually give it a shot, despite the numerous examples of failure given to us by history. And despite the failure, they will continue claiming the opposite, leading to a spiral of marketing and PR and whatnot, leading us to MAGA and whatnot. Popescu's got details in his writings. [...]

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