NegativeNull@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoTim Walz Is Too Good at This. Let me remind everyone that Walz is, in fact, a politician.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down149
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkTim Walz Is Too Good at This. Let me remind everyone that Walz is, in fact, a politician.www.theatlantic.comNegativeNull@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·2 months agoThere are always exceptions. Unlike most politicians who start their career by networking in college to accumulate potential donors later, Sanders was on the frontline of the civil rights fight.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoThere are plenty of shitty politicians who started later in life. I would be surprised if the majority of politicians were always career politicians. Trump for example. The problem is that few upstanding people enter into national politics in the US, and the system tends to hinder their attempts to be good people.
There are always exceptions. Unlike most politicians who start their career by networking in college to accumulate potential donors later, Sanders was on the frontline of the civil rights fight.
There are plenty of shitty politicians who started later in life. I would be surprised if the majority of politicians were always career politicians.
Trump for example.
The problem is that few upstanding people enter into national politics in the US, and the system tends to hinder their attempts to be good people.