• ProcurementCat@feddit.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    1 year ago

    Politicians don’t need to understand science, they simply have to trust scientists. That’s their job.

    When politicians don’t do that, you gotta fire them. And only the voters can - but the voters refuse to do their job.

    • DessertStorms@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      And only the voters can - but the voters refuse to do their job.

      I love how people conveniently ignore the masses of propaganda we’re all exposed to, never mind that the system (which said propaganda is there to protect and uphold) is designed to serve a select few, not the actual people - “If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it”.

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      They probably understand and trust the scientist. I haven’t seen much that goes against this.

      This is issue is they don’t care about the people they govern, especially the private educated aristocracy that runs the UK. Sunak said in private the deaths don’t matter, not that the scientist were wrong. Boris also said let the bodies pile high.

      The issue is we are governed by the worst amongst us. Out of touch and out of ideas. The only thing they have is control of the media and endless funding from the most suspect characters.

    • Anticorp
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Because the voters are easily manipulated by the same people lying to the politicians.