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 (DIR) Post #AvJ9YXQ36Bkkxw7pNQ by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-06-20T02:39:06Z
       
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       re-upping that i think what a lot of politics-knowers describe as “status quo bias” is not that at all, but rather an artifact of an electoral system that channels punishment for bad action much more effectively than rewards for good action. https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/12/24/wreckresentative-democracy-secret-congress-and-bee-sting-theory/index.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AvJWHRvuXaGlyQqhXM by Akshay@eupolicy.social
       2025-06-20T06:53:43Z
       
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       @interfluidity I totally agree, although our perfect PR multiparty system in the Netherlands faces the same problem.The reason is a media entirely serving outrage-bait, especially right-populist style, and rarely complimenting politicians for their achievements, unless they’re campaigning/lying for them.Without good information you can’t reward politicians for policy achievements either. Good stuff still happens where the media doesn’t pay attention, either at national or EU level.