Nor should they really be. Policy requires an extreme understanding of a plethora of industries, human psychology, and international trade among many other factors. Not only that, but also how they will interact with other policies, law, and bureaucracy already on the books. Its an absurd ask of people.
That's the point of representatives in government. You elect someone whose entire job is to know that and then they make decisions on it for you with their expertise. And that bullshit detector is how you decide which representative will act in your interest instead of their own.
Where that system failed was in the power of the media controlled narratives, as well as the increasing globalization leading to people becoming disconnected from both their community and reality.
That and the overweighted power of the Federal Government compared to the State and Local, which is so far removed from an individual's life that neither you nor they can properly vet each other. But you know, at least Lincoln "freed" the slaves so totally worth it there.
This goes back to my arguments of a stratified government. The federal government shouldn't make laws outside of direct regulation of the states, and the states should be voting on that and only that alone.
Your local government is set up to settle your disputes. Your regional government settles disputes of the local governments. The state settles disputes of regional governments. The federal government settles disputes of states. Voting goes one step up, enforcement goes one step down. The 10th amendment needs to be aggressively strengthened.
Nor should they really be. Policy requires an extreme understanding of a plethora of industries, human psychology, and international trade among many other factors. Not only that, but also how they will interact with other policies, law, and bureaucracy already on the books. Its an absurd ask of people.
That's the point of representatives in government. You elect someone whose entire job is to know that and then they make decisions on it for you with their expertise. And that bullshit detector is how you decide which representative will act in your interest instead of their own.
Where that system failed was in the power of the media controlled narratives, as well as the increasing globalization leading to people becoming disconnected from both their community and reality.
That and the overweighted power of the Federal Government compared to the State and Local, which is so far removed from an individual's life that neither you nor they can properly vet each other. But you know, at least Lincoln "freed" the slaves so totally worth it there.
This goes back to my arguments of a stratified government. The federal government shouldn't make laws outside of direct regulation of the states, and the states should be voting on that and only that alone.
Your local government is set up to settle your disputes. Your regional government settles disputes of the local governments. The state settles disputes of regional governments. The federal government settles disputes of states. Voting goes one step up, enforcement goes one step down. The 10th amendment needs to be aggressively strengthened.