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Lains I want to get into politics, but there is just one problem. I'm not very attractive. All the politicians seem to be very attractive and well spoken, but I'm not. I want to start on the local level, but I'm impulsive and outspoken, and not attractive enough to pull it off (Balding, skinny, etc.). Should I just give up, or is there some way I can do this?

you just need to use metadata to figure out what lies to tell people to get elected, or make yourself a meme that people will vote into office. that or just have a lot of money

>>9580 > or just have a lot of money I think you meant "and" not "or".

Make a photorealistic CGI puppet, use it to represent yourself, never appear in public unless you can do so via hidden hologram keeping the crowds back using lies like fake assassination threats. You may need a fair dinkum thinkum computer to pull it off though. But really, chances are you won't get far in politics if you are really ugly. The last even kind of ugly US president was Taft (weighed like 350 lbs), and he only got elected because that was before papers had pictures in them. Your best chance would probably be plastic surgery, hair transplants, lifting and steroids, all that expensive soykaf older hollywood actors get so that they can still appear in films.

I don't know if you're in the US or not, but if you are then get ready to take money from special interests and like it. A friend of a friend was running for a local office and decided to pay his own way. A special interest offered him some funding and he turned the interest down. The interest then dumped even more into a competitor and the guy lost the race. With local politics there is a great deal of focus on who wins (from a corporate/wealthy-person point of view). This is because local politics, the school boards the district controllers, etc, have less scrutiny on them than national politics and less resources available to them comparatively. Some special interests focus wholesale on local politics because of the level of control they can wield per dollar spent. Go watch the documentary Dark Money. Think of it as a primer.

>>9584 I'm in Canada actually, I was thinking of running for local office. I assume there is a lot of corruption, but there are a lot of council seats, I'm hoping I could snag one.

Sheesh do you know how wide and varied the field of politics is. You can join some movements and work outside of parliamentary politics and even if you wanna get into the party you can work on campaigns for other people and not have to be the charismatic leader.

Is everybody on this site ugly?

>>9590 Just you and the OP.

>>9579 What politicians gave you this idea Lainon? Most politicians look more like Chris Farley than Tom Cruise. Politicians with pretty faces are more the exception than the norm. When I think politician I think Frumpy lawyer lady or portly man with big red puffy cheeks. No, all you need is money and a fundamental lack of shame.

>>9594 I just see people like Trudeau and get horribly intimidated.

Charisma and style can go a long way anon, more than beauty. Worst case you can resort to makeup and or other kinds of hacks.

The only real requirement for being a politician is being a sociopath, pal

>I'm not very attractive. All the politicians seem to be very attractive and well spoken, but I'm not. I want to start on the local level, but I'm impulsive and outspoken, and not attractive enough to pull it off (Balding, skinny, etc.). Should I just give up, or is there some way I can do this? If your going on the local level, this stuff doesn't mean much, not many people vote on the local level things like (school board, mayor, town hall, state attorney) your basic goal is to get them to vote, My best guess, find an issue that is important to the local community. Do city buses not run on time? Do trains sit on the road for literal hours(it's how we picked our mayor his only position was dealing with annoying ass trains.) Second do community work, It's a great way to get your name out there and encourage people to vote, when you do community service you meet the most likely people to vote (other people who serve the community). Basic door to door meet and greet will help alot with local elections. This might help you lain, I'll vote for you! https://www.wikihow.com/Run-for-Mayor

Most mid-level politicians are pudgy middle aged people. You only need to be good looking(i.e. present an aura of dominance and authority) if you wanna be president of the USA

>>11358 This. On the local level, focus on getting to know the people in your district and the problems at the top of their list. They're going to care more about those than looks. The big problem will be people giving money to your campaign versus against your campaign

>>9579 go state level, people don't know their own state officials and or only voted on party lines, not actual policy.

if you emphasize what makes you not attractive it becomes iconic. Yeah your the guy with no neck or the huge nose or bulging forehead or whatever but they all know your face. A lot of the same things the left criticizes about trumps appearance the right makes a point of in any memes or positive pieces about him. Like yeah I think his hair is fuarrrking stupid and looks ugly as fuarrrk, yet in any positive depictions of trump they arent trying to hide it. His faces he makes that might piss someone like me off the right loves to portray in part because of that reason. Its less of whether your attractive or pretty and more you better hope you are attractive or ugly cause middle of the road doesnt help you much. Baldings unfortunate its kind of seen as weakness and age, however its still a recognizable thing just learn to wear it on your sleeve or alternatively do something about it (which would be expensive I imagine). If you just have a negative self view and are middle of the road not ugly, a lot of self care and attention to your appearance can make you attractive.

Guess you just have to post cool Yui instead

>>9597 Sociopath doesn't equal selling out and selling out is the most important factor. The most reliable predictor for elections is campaign funding. If you ain't sucking the biggest corporate cock you ain't getting the money to win -worst case your competition get's it if they don't like your stance.

>>11927 >Sociopath doesn't equal selling out and selling out is the most important factor. It's more difficult to stab your people in the back when you are capable of empathy.

>>11927 >The most reliable predictor for elections is campaign funding which translates to PR, and usually there is no bad publicity, even accusations can be turned around as "muh opponent is framing me by attacking my legitimacy FAKE NEWS" more recently though, attack adds are the easiest to do. those take money to distribute, elections are not ALL social media, though you can redirect and misdirect people with social engineering, which plays into >>12020 and also includes the use of bullsoykaf political promises. The practice of campaign promises is as old as people have been practicing politics, and once people realized you don't actually have to do anything you said you would, the entire political system became a lot of backstabbing.

>>12021 >The practice of campaign promises is as old as people have been practicing politics Not exactly, no. It is mostly unique to democracies and democratic republics. Most states throughout history have not been either of these, ergo they needn't have bothered with any political campaigns, or promises, at least in regards to the citizenry. They mostly had to worry about acquiring and then simply maintaining power, but could otherwise actually focus on performing their duties.

>>11927 > The most reliable predictor for elections is campaign funding Not entirely true. Almost 90% of the time, the candidate who had the higher campaign budget wins (house/ senate). So in this sense your right. However, winning attracts money. No one is going to back the under dog, its not a wise investment. Therefore, the candidate who is most likely to win will end up with more money. Personally I think it has much more to do with who they are as a person, do they seem genuine and trustworthy to the average Joe and can they sell bullsoykaf to the masses.

>>12023 >ACTUALLY campaign promises don't predate democracy Thanks. Honestly what would we do without you?