One thing people mistake is the actual mechanics of legislative negotiations. It's really mundane, and not at all magical.
The stakes are higher and players more experienced, but if you've ever been in a drag-out session at the HOA or in the church basement, you're familiar.
The stakes are higher and players more experienced, but if you've ever been in a drag-out session at the HOA or in the church basement, you're familiar.
People laugh when they wheel in the pizzas, but that's almost the perfect anecdote to properly set the scene. People get tired and cranky, it's often boring and then tense and then boring; then someone annoys you. You circle around the same shit aimlessly. No one listens.
Everything takes six times longer than you expect, because that's how negotiations and deliberations always go; people stray off focus constantly and bring up stuff you thought was resolved 40 minutes ago. One person always talks too much.
Also a great analogy:
https://twitter.com/jpitney/status/1443735111518720000
Here's my old thread comparing a neighborhood pool board meeting to legislative politics.
https://twitter.com/MattGlassman312/status/1387590989137723392
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