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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2025-01-06 at 15:05

Winning an election is easier than it looks: all you have to do is convince a bunch of different groups that you will use power to achieve their desires. Bonus points if you can convince groups with mutually exclusive goals that you'll deliver for them - the coalition of "people who disagree about everything" is hard to assemble, but it sure is large!

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Written by Eric Lawton on 2025-01-06 at 19:19

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It helps that we have a system with almost zero consequences for not delivering on your promises, especially if they're mutually exclusive.

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