The message that “something must be done” is one of the most prevalent of modern politics. Although designed to reflect the resolve of politicians and those who influence them (from constituents to campaigners) on the issues that face them, the need to show urgency often leads politicians to take action without fully examining the consequences, or to reach for easy solutions to tough problems when actually only a long, hard, and politically unrewarding grind will do.

中文翻译：

---

心理健康的政治

“必须做某事”的信息是现代政治中最普遍的信息之一。尽管旨在反映政客以及在政客和政客（从选民到竞选活动者）方面所面临的问题的决心，但迫切需要表现出的紧迫感通常会使政客采取行动而不充分检查后果，或者寻求简单的解决方案艰难的问题，而实际上只有长期，艰苦和在政治上毫无回报的努力才可以解决。