> They have no real world experience. They feel no real world consequences. They have no real stake in any decision they make.

Why do you let politicians do any kind of decision making?

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goatlover 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Politicians can be voted out, forced to resign, sometimes removed from office and even occasionally jailed. They also inhabit the same world a nuclear war would make much less nicer.

	▲	f38 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Nuclear war aside (we're talking any kind of decision making here) politicians face very small consequences for harmful decisions, usually at most losing that high-paid job (and getting another high-paid job).