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minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down5·2 months agoThey’ve been playing that game since Reagan, so yeah.
minus-squareCyborganismlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down3·2 months agoYou also want that juicy carrot at the end of that stick during an election year. Ensure your voters are going to vote for you or else risking losing your whole democracy.
minus-squareWindyRebel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoCounter point - you get them installed so they can make meaningful decisions that help the people and then constantly remind the public: We did that! We did that! We did that! Vote for us and there will be more of that.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s literally the stick and not the carrot
They’ve been playing that game since Reagan, so yeah.
You also want that juicy carrot at the end of that stick during an election year. Ensure your voters are going to vote for you or else risking losing your whole democracy.
Counter point - you get them installed so they can make meaningful decisions that help the people and then constantly remind the public:
We did that! We did that! We did that! Vote for us and there will be more of that.
That’s literally the stick and not the carrot