lunes, 8 de mayo de 2017

A Dirty Word



Politics (from Greek: Politiká: Politika, definition "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions applying to all members of each group. Wikipedia.
A dirty job, but somebody has to do it.
And there’s the rub. For who knows what kind of scheming, corrupt, small-minded, over-ambitious, two-faced megalomaniacs will run for office?
Politicians have given politics a bad name.  Just mention the word and everybody yawns, or groans or reaches for the bottle. Should anyone warm to the subject, the rest will wander off and leave them to it. Politics is boring, politics is a farce.
To the gallery they are public servants, sacrificing themselves to the god of the common weal, but we all know they vote according to their own interests.
Politicians are allowed, even expected, to lie. They can change their opinion and position mid sentence, no worry. If they make a promise, a solemn vow, it can be taken with a pinch of salt. Promises are made to be broken.
So we are asked, every so often, to choose between being robbed a little but controlled a lot, or being robbed a lot, but controlled less. If they win, they make a killing, if they lose, they make a living.
So voting becomes a chore. Thinking about different policies a pointless task. Politics? No thanks!
Which was the plan from the start. Leave it all in their capable hands. Let them get on with it. So that while we watch TV or chat in the bar, these boring, slippery types can decide for us exactly where our money goes.
And guess where it goes.

1 comentario:

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    and we riseabove to meet our Maker,
    only four, last things remain:
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