The single hardest thing for a practising politician to understand is that most people, most of the time, don’t give politics a first thought all day long. Or if they do, it is with a sigh...., before going back to worrying about the kids, the parents, the mortgage, the boss, their friends, their weight, their health, sex and rock ‘n’roll.....
For most normal people, politics is a distant, occasionally irritating fog. Failure to comprehend this is a fatal flaw in most politicians.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Blair Understands Rational Ignorance
The Volokh Conspiracy � Tony Blair on Political Ignorance:
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Blair for president!
I think it might be a bad thing for politicians to understand rational ignorance. Then they also understand that they don't really have to delve deeply into the issues because the voters, more likely than not, are not going to hold their feet to the fire.
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