@irvingruan yeah, because uncovering national corruption generates enough page views to be viable
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Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart I suppose the problem can be reduced down to incentives. People focus more on drama than the humdrums of suburbia’s civics.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart It’s a shame, really. The best situation is a community of volunteers dedicating themselves to the cause.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @irvingruan
@irvingruan sure, I'm all for the post-scarcity utopia where volunteer labor is at all something we can rely on
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Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart Heh. This actually was a common practice even during the Roman Republic! George Washington garnered more respect b/c of it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@irvingruan yeah, but you can't really draw analogies too closely with the slave-owning elite of past eras2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart Playing armchair theorist: if I had to prescribe one antidote, it’d be to engage in philosophy. Civics needs guidance.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@irvingruan I remember the one philosophy class my high school had as being pretty awful, but I guess in theory you could hire good teachers1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart Yeah, I get where you’re coming from. I suppose in the end that you Just Have To Give a Shit™.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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