Experience

During the election, there was all this talk about “experience.” It was seen as a necessity for holding office.

But experience is not necessarily valuable. Especially in a system as broken as the US government (see also Change Congress) having the fresh viewpoint of someone from the outside is extremely important. This is something that I am experienced with as an activist. It’s easy to see the faults in a system and become convinced that change is needed, but once you enter the system and gain a position of power, your time in the system makes you complacent and the issues seem less important. This is especially true of the US government, where it could be argued that the system is corrupt to the point that more “experience” implies more corruption.