Complex political matters can be translated into everyday language citizens understand.

Evidence

It is true that the work of governments and administrations also requires a high level of expertise. But aside from the fact that politicians are themselves in need of advice from their experts, it is simply not true that complex political considerations cannot be translated into everyday language that interested citizens (i.e. all of us) can understand – otherwise they would not be political considerations. Especially in view of the general directions of political programmes and when it comes to weighing up corresponding alternatives, it is a question of clever and skilful professional translation whether the essence of the matter and its justification is captured by an explanation expressed in normal language. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 103

Categorization

• XREF: Answers the technocratic-elite objection Levinson and other deliberative critics raise; counterpoint to Adorno’s pessimism about administered society. — connects to: Politics operates through the cultural meanings people use to make sense of their lives — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 160

Related

• Politics operates through the cultural meanings people use to make sense of their lives (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Politics operates through the cultural meanings people use to make sense of their lives #expands (0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 160