i wonder: has any philosopher or, more generally, thinker, ever told politicians that they can actually talk to people and ask them if they disagree with something? e.g., if a construction project would be problematic to the community or to any of its neighbors before building anything? or maybe ask if some current thing (say, a municipal building) generates issues to people in a neighborhood? perhaps ask for potential solutions too while they are at it? i know, most people are fucking stupid, but some might be reasonable, maybe even valuable (and therefore beneficial to their political careers) when solving issues. i also know that most political structures are bureaucratic af and politicians and those in power mostly use that bureaucracy for their own advantage, but still... how come this sort of "crowd sourced" political solution finder or whatever is not a thing already? i get it, liberal democracy is all about pretending to care about people, but why not actually do some effort and listen?
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