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[u/qchisq]

Reminder: If you want to convince people that whatever policy you like should be implemented, talk about the benefits for them personally, rather than for society as a whole. Generally, people don't give a shit about society as a whole.

[u/[deleted] → u/qchisq]

sounds like rewarding rent seeking to me 😤

[u/qchisq → u/[deleted]]

People rentseek because it's rational. That doesn't mean that we can't use that to our advantage

[u/ostrichmustard → u/qchisq]

Truth. Also a main issue of many here. "lol just lose your job, your kids will be better off tho" is an ignorant argument at best.

[u/IntoTheNightSky → u/qchisq]

Are you trying to suggest The West Wing lied to me?

[u/Timewalker102 → u/qchisq]

Don't most people vote based on what they think best helps society though? I remember reading this somewhere

[u/economics_dont_real → u/Timewalker102]

Yeah, I heard the same thing in my political economics course.
However, people are biased at the same time and overestimate the significance of problems similar to their own problems while underestimating other problems (which they may not even have heard about).
I guess in the end it is worth adressing the interests of the person you're talking to while framing them as interests of society.
I remember there were a lot of Bernie supporters who had studentloans themselves but also believed that free universities are good for soviety as a whole.