When did politics turn into a popularity contest?

I know that sounds stupid because it is one.. It's like they do what we find appealing rather than do what is needed for us to function properly.

It's like parliaments version of people becoming obsessed with their image through selfies rather than just being real.

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pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M

Couple the fact that humans, being social creatures, crave the validation of others and often become mob like in mentality, with the increasing facts over feelings mentality of the ever declining in intellect western world.