(April 28, 2025 at 12:42 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:(April 28, 2025 at 12:22 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: People act politically for different reasons, both in voting and also in running for office, formulating policy, etc. I do believe some ground their decisions in their own moral imperatives, but others make decisions based on social utility, hunger for power, venality, and so on.
Sure. I would simply argue that morality matters far more for majority of people than it is commonly stated in whatever media I watch/read. For me this is the key to understanding other people voting decisions because as far as I can see using economics as predictor result in hilarity and befuddlement both.
Fair enough.
