*** salary in exchange of their political activity.[^1] Relatively well-paid on average. In the 19th century, they didn't receive compensation or only for travelling. Generally, the average salary of politicians are better than the standard of their [[État|country]]. -> so they are less likely to be corrupted. -> so they are not only rentier, politic has to be another thing that just a hobby for rich people who has a rent. It can increase the diversity in representatives -> we want them to work at full-time[^3] -> we want to attract competent people so it is a way to attract them[^2] ## Notes de bas de page ``` dataview TABLE length(file.outlinks) AS "Liens sortants", length(file.inlinks) AS "Liens entrants" WHERE file.path = this.file.path ``` [^1]: [[professionnalisation des hommes politiques|professionalization of politicians]] [^2]: [[compétence politique]] et [[aristocratie élective]] [^3]: [[politiciens de carrière|career politicians]]