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In any other job, someone would be fired for blocking the rest of an org/team/company from accomplishing something. it feels crazy that we draw so many exceptions around politicians. It often just feels like a bunch of rich fucks flaunting the power they've bought.
You're right, but politics is a different thing.
The voters are supposed to make this decision, but, well, without being condescending, yeah....
Is it really that different?
The US is more of a representative democracy, which means that the politicians are 'elected' by the people to represent the people. So they're arguably 'hired' by will of the majority within a specific area.
The difference is there's just not a lot of rules, punishments, or even recourse for the majority that voted aside from waiting 4-6 years and voting a different way.