Are there Ideas from Xp that could inform politics? 

	LowHangingFruit
	WorstThingsFirst
	YouArentGonnaNeedIt

The similarity between BigDesignUpFront and TotalitarianPolitics seem obvious to this writer. 

What does CollectiveCodeOwnership and UnitTest say about politics?

''To adopt the style used by at least one writer in R''''''egimeChangeInTheUsa: "programmers have nothing to offer since they sometimes make mistakes".''

----
FixBrokenWindows is (questonably effective) public policy that informed programming.
----
See also TheOpenSocietyAndItsEnemies, HowToAchieveWorldPeace.
----
Test-first policy making? -DaleEmery