Ours is the fury » politics http://www.oursisthefury.com Notes from a rogue elitist. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A trap of politics http://www.oursisthefury.com/2009/the-trap-of-politics/ http://www.oursisthefury.com/2009/the-trap-of-politics/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:03:10 +0000 Art http://www.oursisthefury.com/?p=265 Being a politician means making a living in an almost impossible contradiction. To become one, you have to flatter the needs and voices of many (as well as keeping aim of your personal gains and goals); often making promises that once elected, you will not be able (or willing) to uphold. This makes you a liar and untrustworthy in the eyes of your voters. Should you, for some reason, manage to become a politician with motives both pure and noble – you will not be tolerated by either your competitive peers nor the voters, that no doubt will think you a failure for striving towards lofty morals and high ethics rather than tending to their immediate needs. The job, simply put, cannot be done without either sacrificing either the morals or the necessary manipulation to achieve your goals. And you need both to do well as a representative of the people.

Perhaps we’re a step closer to a truly democratic society with the birth of social media – a system of transmission and decision where we trust no one else to do our talking but rather do it ourselves. Now, if there only was any real power attached to that vote button.

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