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hdgvhicvyesterday at 9:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

The government is selected by the people.

If the people decide to elect a comedian with a dustbin on their head, they can do. That apples to Chicago as much as Clacton


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Forgeties79yesterday at 10:00 PM

That reads to me like a hand wavy an excuse for not asking what we can do to make our system more representative of the voters’ will when it should be.

ndsipa_pomuyesterday at 10:40 PM

A comedian with a dustbin on their head (Count Binface) would probably have a much more consumer focussed view that their contemporaries. Binface's policies do include such things as reducing the price of a 99 Flake ice cream to 99p and capping the cost of croissants - joke policies, but better than politicians just kow-towing to corporate interests.