02-07-2025, 12:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-07-2025, 12:48 PM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
Thing is, there is a wealth of good science based on serious research on homelessness, prisons, work, parenting, energy, climate change, economics - every human activity our governments are involved in.
But they don't refer to it, or have their staff check it out. They just repeat the party line and stay in their lanes rather than risk trying something different. And if someone suggests something different they get shouted down by the dinosaurs who feel challenged...
It is infuriating.
I take issue with the zero work experience. Most MPs have had other jobs, it's more that those jobs are not governing. And politics isn't governing either. In fact, politics gets in the way of governing just as much as any other form of work experience. We are hiring people with all the wrong skillsets and expecting them to learn on the job, with the added complication of a set term, multiple masters, and an ever changing set of priorities.
No wonder it is mostly idiots who want the job. It could be the Peter Principle at work, or it could just be that sensible people do other things...
But they don't refer to it, or have their staff check it out. They just repeat the party line and stay in their lanes rather than risk trying something different. And if someone suggests something different they get shouted down by the dinosaurs who feel challenged...
It is infuriating.
(02-07-2025, 07:52 AM)amrist Wrote: Maybe parliament should be like Jury duty so we all have a crack. Most MPs have zero work experience anyway and some get a portfolio and NONE of them have real world experience there
I take issue with the zero work experience. Most MPs have had other jobs, it's more that those jobs are not governing. And politics isn't governing either. In fact, politics gets in the way of governing just as much as any other form of work experience. We are hiring people with all the wrong skillsets and expecting them to learn on the job, with the added complication of a set term, multiple masters, and an ever changing set of priorities.
No wonder it is mostly idiots who want the job. It could be the Peter Principle at work, or it could just be that sensible people do other things...