>>But why are politicians so prone to hypocrisy and lying ?
Big question.
I think that a politician wants more than anything else to be a politician. They justify it in a variety of ways, but essentially the end goal is to be a politician.
To achieve that one has to appeal to those you hope will vote for you, which is by it's very nature a subset. Thus one says whatever will appeal the most to the subset in the moment with as little future ramification as possible.
In reality it is the electorate that is the issue, not the politician. The politician will simply respond to whatever metric or opinion driver he is faced by. It is the electorate what decides how to respond to that.
Remember the impact, good and bad, that Cherie Blair's behaviour had on Tony Blair's popularity?
Think of the impact that smoking dope at school 40 years ago has on the political career today?
etc. etc.
It is the same whether one is talking about your children, your employees or your politicians; in all cases they will behave in a manner to appear their best by the metrics that you have set.
It is our fault, but we won't admit it, accept responsibility for it or put any effort into changing it.
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