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		meric on June 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Call B.S. On Big Data: A Practical Guide The problem is we are voting for people while imagining ourselves voting for policies.

chiefalchemist on June 24, 2017 [–]

Yup. Or as I like to say: We elect the electable. Qualifications and capabilities are irrelevant. And they we wonder why they're so incompetent.

It's a sad state of affairs really.

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