Good point. But, while a dev says “My bad” and fixes the bug, a politician just shrugs and often doubles down.
At the very least, the Dev will explain to the team why a bug happened so that others don’t repeat the mistake, but a politician won’t address any of the three scenarios you identified.
I fear this metaphor is stretching to breaking point, but the central point remains that it should not be acceptable for a politician to lie, yet somehow here we are…
Except bugs are usually unintentional and, with a good team, found and fixed before they cause any harm - usually before they’re public.
The equivalence would be non-political fact checkers and public apologies and/or policy changes. The media has given up on the first (for the most part) possibly becase politicians just ignore the second.
Politicians stock-in-trade is information. This is their work product.
I am a software developer. If I turn in software that doesn’t work. I get fired.
JD Vance, and all other politicians who lie should also be fired for not doing their jobs.
This is the world I want to live in.
100% agree with this. Just started reading Black Pill by Elle Reeve and it says much the same
They don’t understand irony. Or civility. Or empathy.
But we can definitely all agree they are weird.
I think the one in the hat is The Edge (the guitarist in U2), so I assume the other one is Bono?
The web. It was good while it lasted.
And are they all being driven on private roads?
The original? An absolute classic to look at and horrible to drive. The new one? Looks like the original was stung by bees and forgot it’s EpiPen
The problem you are describing is not malware or viruses. They’re just the tools.
The problem is capitalism, which turns everything free into something on which a profit can be made
This is one of the very rare occasions I believe what he’s saying…