Subj : Re: Politics echo
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Sun May 15 2022 13:50:44

 Sp> Shrug, squeaky wheel gets the kick as Minsc says I suppose. But like
 Sp> here, one would imagine there's a good sized middle ground somewhere
 Sp> that we're not acquainted with.  I can't speak for the europeans or New
 Sp> Zealanders, but I think most Aussies aside from the peanuts that want to
 Sp> run for office find most poli's to be complete flogs.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Politics like Churches tend to attract the wrong kinds of people to
 Sp> themselves for petty self agrandizement reasons.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec
 Sp> 

Yeah, we're pretty sceptical about pollies.  One thing I like about Australia is we don't do those big political rallies with flags and all that hoo-ha like the Americans do.  You won't see crowds cheering anyone at a political rally.  We're far more sedate about such things.

The problem with politics is really ideology, not politics itself.  We have strong ideologies, and it is this which causes the crapfest.  One person believes in this notion, another in that.  I don't think historically that has been the case for politics.  Such thinking tended to remain in the religious sphere, but politics and socials ideals have become the new religions.

Thats the thing, you CAN have civil discussions about *politics*, about the power plays and the like.  The discussion turns bad because people inject faith based beliefs into politics.

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