Hypocrisy and misdirection are like 50% of the problem with politics too. If people had to say what they actually meant instead of beating around the bush we’d have much simpler debates: “I want better transportation infrastructure” vs “I don’t like taxes” vs “I’m racist”. Easy choice. The other 50% of the problem is that people would still vote for the third guy…
Hypocrisy.
The problem is that it seems 99% of the population are guilty of it.
Hypocrisy and misdirection are like 50% of the problem with politics too. If people had to say what they actually meant instead of beating around the bush we’d have much simpler debates: “I want better transportation infrastructure” vs “I don’t like taxes” vs “I’m racist”. Easy choice. The other 50% of the problem is that people would still vote for the third guy…