Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

 

One criticism people have about too many people getting involved in politics, and also a criticism of democracy in general, is that if you get too many voices shouting all at once, nothing gets done. Voices of experts get drowned out in the rabble.

But I don't think this is a problem with the number of people who are involved in politics, but rather the way they engage with politics.

Participation doesn't mean ignoring expert opinion. It should make us more open to hear it. And if the way we converse with each other were more productive, facts and expert opinion should be at the forefront of the debate, not lost in a scuffle of 'opinion'.

This is the reason why I think a good place to start if we're thinking about re-framing politics, would be to re-frame the political conversation.
We need to start steering away from emotional tirades, and towards discussion about practical policy. We need to stop framing everything along bipartisan lines. We need to get rid of this us-and-them mentality.
After all, we're in this together.

https://www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation?language=en