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He wanted to make a difference. He genuinely got into politics to change things, make his constituents’ lives better, improve society. This passion came through in his feeds. He won because people saw him as genuine. He was idealistic as a kid and he still was. He didn’t think about the complexities, the political realities. He didn’t really understand them. He kept his eyes on “change”. His Agents did the policy: modeling, generating. They came up with ones that would work, electorally. But today he had an idea for a new regulation. He just had to get the Agents’ attention.