Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
So do you agree that all the idiots mostly just elect other idiots or would you perhaps say you're generalizing a bit and there are politicians who work hard to do their jobs well and those who don't?
I wasn't the one who called them elites by the way, I was going with other peoples' terminology.
And if you're saying that politicians should be willing to try things that are not part of their platform, then I guess Merkel is the perfect politicians, but then why are her voters going to the AfD? Perhaps the voters want those party ideologies? Perhaps voters always complain about the status quo and then vote against change? And we're right back to the stupid plebs, you see...
My point is that their job is to a great extent to work for the party (line), whether they work hard or not.

If you have politicians that are bucking the party line, that may not be ideal if their knowledge of the party ideology was what that allowed them to rise in the ranks in the first place (i.e. that's the skill they have been evaluated for; maybe their gut feeling as independent individuals is horrible).

A more ideal reality may be one where the politicians who both know the party ideology the best as well as the most probable consequences of as many relatively common policies as possible in a wide range of scenarios rise to the highest ranks; and where political parties would advertise to potential voters the society that they could realistically achieve given the principles of their ideology and current realities, as well as the compromises they would be willing or not willing to make in these scenarios.

There should somehow be a much larger focus on to what degree the politicians seem capable of understanding cause and effect in the world. Someone who doesn't understand relevant cause and effect would be less likely to deliver on their promises, whatever they may be.

I agree, people may not be able to cope with change, which is what I said...they have this arbitrary fear of change and vote based on that...
"Fear is a bad advisor" is an old German idiom...
Fear is not necessary, a mere preference for the status quo is enough; whether that status quo is multicultural or not. When you use word fear, I get the feeling that you are primarily thinking about one side.

This reasoning may appear sound at first glance, but it is not warranted without further evidence to back it up as there are other models that can explain the crime pattern.
Whatever the explanation for the robbery pattern would be is beside the point here, which is that it can be very difficult for ordinary people to know based on everyday experience e.g. whether something has improved, gotten worse or largely stayed the same (a very slow and gradual change may also be difficult to notice).