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'Stop electing stupid people': Rage as Marjorie Taylor Greene flunks American history test
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smart, mentally stable people never get in to politics and instead find enjoyable work they can be proud of.
Counterpoint: Bernie
Yes. Edge cases are fun to point out.
"Never" is asking for one
My God, how does such an ignorant, sophomoric, and patently ignorant take have so many upvotes on Lemmy? Some of the most intelligent and kind people I know have gone into politics, but mostly have just been local.
But even at the top, without even thinking I can point to Obama who went to Harvard law.
Granted, I agree that politics does not select specifically for intelligence, as mtg among many others prove, but the idea that smart and mentally stable people don't go into politics is just ridiculously stupid.
fine fine. mentally stable people rarely make it big in politics. even local in my region has some sketchy shit going on where nothing gets done about it even after its made public. The seemingly nice politicians that actually care about the people never get voted in here, only the ones that make empty promises and never deliver, or just outright bait and switch.