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Why do you think politicians are idiots?

Yes, many of them are really stupid people. But they are not idiots. I think 95 percent of them are perfectly aware of why the laws they pass are really needed. And they pass them EXACTLY FOR THIS, and not at all for protecting children and internet safety.

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Why do you think politicians look out for what is "really needed" rather than what is beneficial to themselves.

What do you mean "why"? They do not.

There irony is that people who call politicians stupid are generally not very smart people themselves in my experience, regardless of various forms of advanced degrees they believe disproves that.

They may be puppets, they may be manipulators, they may be con-artists, they may be liars; but what does it say about oneself if an “idiot” managed to become one of a few hundred most powerful humans on this planet and in all of human history (in the case of an American politician) and you did not?

Considering the average age and net worth of American politicians. I certainly know that it is almost exclusive to rich old men.

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