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[-] CanadaPlus 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, but the thing is, even politicians that seem nice are actually just good at their job, which is to seem nice and get your vote. Some also are interested in policy, but it's optional.

As a person who works with politicians sometimes, they're salespeople, and they're a necessary evil (even ones that are personally okay). A system which de-emphasises them is a feature IMO, and party list does that very well, on top of just being dead simple.

[-] Gsus4@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

That is fine, MPs surround themselves with influent unmarketable secretaries and advisors they need e.g. Dominic Cummings, but the elected officials need to be the face of the team. That is usually how ministers do not need to be experts in a subject, it is their deputies who do the actual technical work and usually never get elected, that is not their job, but sometimes they actually will.

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