What should they be based on? Its kind of stupid to ask people to behave like Spock like value maximizing machines.
While I see your point, I find commuting umpteen hours for a 5 minute conversation that could have been over the phone, over email, or over zoom-skype-jitsi rather soul-sucking.
And Spock did have emotions.
> like value maximizing machines.
thats the job of a head of state
More like the Tal Shiar, if we’re using Trek references — politicians don’t try to deny emotions.
they should, it's just a job, not their personal drama
Everyone’s personal drama is their job, to some extent or another. You don’t get to run a country unless you can get people emotionally invested in you doing so, because if the electorate — be it the whole nation in a democracy or the aristocrats in a monarchy — is not into you, they’ll pick someone else instead of you.
the issue with democracy is that, because it relies on popularity, it selects for self-absorbed sociopaths. Being one is essential for getting elected but a nightmare after election
It’s somewhat crazy that I can’t tell without clicking whether this is about Modi or Johnson.
Interesting. FWIW, Modi doesn’t have that kind of reputation in the sections of the UK news that I follow.
Yes I assumed you meant Modi as well. Regardless of how I feel about both of them. It could happen any time two “populist” leaders are brought up that way.