@marick I didn’t think I was arguing with you! I am fine with telling people they should be better, and how they could be. That’s intervention, not explanation. What I’m against is attributing bad political outcomes to their not being better. When we try to understand politics and allocate responsibility, we might allocate to ourselves for not doing a better job of helping people be better. But it’s no use attributing to the public for not being better, often comes to justify a lot of mischief.

@marick I think I agree with you we’ve been talking oast each other. Undoubtedly that’s my fault!

I am extremely allergic to allocations of responsibility to voters or the electorate. I think that’s bullshit. But it’s quite distinct from intervening with voters, to persuade or inspire. That’s the best kind of politics! It’s the use as an explanatory device, the allocation of responsibility or blame, that I object to.

@marick I’m on the road now, but will try to take a look at the project you linked later.