[pjc50]

This stuff is starting to leak into the UK. Why? Because it's not policy that's directed at outcomes, it's policy that's directed at getting particular media coverage. It's part of the permanent campaign. If you pass a bill that improves lives for hundreds of millions of citizens and nobody remembers the name, you wasted your time and don't get re-elected.

[Aeolun]

> If you pass a bill that improves lives for hundreds of millions of citizens and nobody remembers the name, you wasted your time

I think people that pass bills that are aimed at improving the lives of the citizens do not particularly care.

Which is why our political system is filled with people that care about getting re-elected at the expense of the citizens.