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While Religious and Political post are big No No here, this seems to be a rant which wouldn't lead to any such talks.
(No y'all please don't prove me wrong).
Politicians or political people are top level narcissists. For them, it's all about attention. It does not matter whether you are angry at them or sad or any other aspect.
Just like Marketing, any attention is good attention to them.
Best way to deal with is, ignore and move on. If you can change something then go ahead and do so. If you can't then ignore for your own peace of mind.
Edit: and yes that's the primary reason why Twitter became successful.
Everyone has an opinion but no audience. Twitter gave people a platform to voice their crap towards a larger group and hence all of a sudden every Joe is smarter than the other one. -
My country had been developed and improved, partially because of good president and government, partially because of volunteers, until people who wasn't interested in politics, voted for a candidate who was incompetent and didn't respect own country. It's easy to lose hope in humanity when positive plans and achievements are ruined by people who actually don't care.
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@Gxost Which is why my admittedly uneducated opinion is that people who don't care about a particular issue should be excluded from the effort, benefit and decision by design. I don't know how this would work, but it should be one of the primary principles of whatever system hopes to outperform parliamental democracy.
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@qwwerty People who don't give a fuck are not better at making decisions than a large group with varying self interests.
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