Politicians' Competence Debate

Politics is fundamentally the art of convincing people of things - usually “vote for me.” That is the only skill that acquisition of high office is evidence of. Many politicians have more skills than just than that, but the mere fact of having acquired high office tells you nothing more about a person than that they’re particularly good at politics.

zuck obviously has never been one to carry a moral compass, but what's so bad about Thiel?Anyways, the problem with politicians is their ability to get themselves elected already disqualifies them from the job. At least doctors, engineers, and scientists from the hard sciences seem to have to show some kind of positive merit, even if they're still not a perfect lot.

Accomplished politician wouldnt be a compliment though would it. One of the recent issues is bureaucratic bloat caused by career politicians. In that sense she would be less appealing.

I would not expect competence from politicians.

Professional politicians who know what the people need better than the people themselves.

Yes, I know I am in the minority but I do admire politicians. When you work with them, you realise the skill-sets you need to become an elected representative. Imagine CEOs who have to manage not thousands or tens of thousands, but millions of people (in populous countries like India and China). You need to command respect from the people, know how to deal with people of varying personalities, you need to know when to follow and when to lead, you need to have the ability to identify potential le

Politicians eh? Not sure they are that great on either side.

Sure, that makes those people good politicians but terrible leaders.

You have it backwards.Politicians can be very very good at those things, when they have a reason to be.

Or maybe just smarter politicians. Politicians aren't elected based on their ability to understand a wide range of technical issues. A lot of people in Congress campaigned on not understanding basic facts about reality.