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Question from me, again not loaded: Do you think we should elect politicians based on their experience or on their goals/plans?
I agree with Howard, both.
Should the public be deciding on the suitability of one candidate over another based on their ability to do the job or based on what they want to do to the country?
Again, both.
But my question wasn't really meant to lead to normative conclusions on my part. Instead to question the normative claims coming from others that politicians shouldn't be certain things. Which was maybe true, but I wasn't convinced.
In my view, if you train people to run the country, then you are teaching them what to do, so the trainers dictate how the country is run.
We should be electing people who are experts, experts at understanding evidence, weighing up all the factors, and using all the information to make an informed decision, and people who are experts at making difficult decisions.
Question from me, again not loaded: Do you think we should elect politicians based on their experience or on their goals/plans?
Should the public be deciding on the suitability of one candidate over another based on their ability to do the job or based on what they want to do to the country?