From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 14/02/2024 11:42, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   > On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:37:48 +0000   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> And expecting politicians to tell the complicated truth, which at that   
   >> point they don't even know,  rather than a simple narrative they think   
   >> the plebs will understand.   
   >   
   > 	It has to be one that *they* all understand *and* think they can   
   > sell to their voters.   
   >   
      
   Indeed so.   
      
   But the staggering lack of STEM graduates in politics has to be allowed   
   for. They are all ArtStudents™	to a man. And they treat the rest of us   
   as if we were, too.   
      
      
   --   
   It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.   
   Mark Twain   
      
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