Do you think the people who say “Politics is show business for ugly people” are being too harsh?

[Anonymous]

In the USA a lot of politicians are over the age of 60. People lose their looks as they age.

[Snakeyes7]

Not only that, it's just plain wrong. You can have the "I just wanna grill" mentality all you want but you'll change your mind when the state directly affects your ability to do so.

Case in point:

https://nypost.com/2026/05/14/us-news/la-mayoral-hopeful-nithya-raman-proposes-backyard-bbq-ban/

[Staximus]

Politics is much dirtier business than show business

[413kim]

never heard that but ya

[Anonymous]

It mostly for guys like Joe Rogan and David Pakman to make money off the ad space.

Its sensationalism that's all it is. Entertainment for the masses at the cost of innocent people's lives.

[exitseven]

there are mostly ugly people in politics.

[FindingCommonSense]

No I agree with them

[FrodoSkywalker007]

Lol wow

[noohair]

No, just stupid...