How Evil are Politicians? (with Bryan Caplan)
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Is It Just the Feedback Loop Between Evil Politicians and Partisan Voters?
Politicians use hyperbole to make themselves seem better than they are, he says. The more hyperbolic a politician is, the more people on his or her side like it, according to John Avlon. He argues that some members of other party may be as bad as those in their own party.Avlon: "The human tendency to use hyperbole is quite strong when something's going down"
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