The Greatest of them All Arts
Politics is my way of life. I breathe it, sleep with it, dream of it. It fascinates me like nothing else . The aspirations that I cultivated in my youth thrives still in my bossom. It is to me the greatest of all human arts. I long for its taste in a manner similar to a connoseur pressing his lips to a goblet filled with the finest wine. Everything about it is a music par none! from the works of aristotle to the actions of modern great men, its immaculate, almost divine!
Some people see politics to be disgusting. they twist and turn at the mere pronouncation of the word. It is, to most laymen, nothing more than an act! an act that is even lesser than what they show on carnivals. To others its worse! they see it as the evil force that will put an end to life on this world. Politics, when compared to all forms of arts, is the most contested, most highly significant but at the same time, it is the most hated.
When I said that I live and breathe politics, I meant it not only figurativelly but literally as well. But this does not end with me because politics covers reins on us all. In our everyday dealings, people fail to notice that all our movements are practically ruled over by politics. The food on our table are regulated by politics; the clothes that we wear pass through the rigorous rules of taxation, captialism and labor, all of which are direct results of politics; and more importantly, the money that we use is made, balanced and regulated by politics. That is why it is sad to think that this matter that is so important and so direct to us all is easily dismissed as just a mere circus act.
Politics is not evil, It has in fact the best intentions. It serves as an access for us all to avail for God's inherent gifts of life, freedom and happiness. but just like anything good in this world, it can be used by people with evil intentions. This is not new to us. There were men in the past, a lot of them in fact, who mastered the workings of politics and utilized it to advance their own interests. To this day, there are still some who push for their personal glory at the expense of politics and the common people.
Politicians can be compared to scientists too. Like politics, science is also an art that has prospered through the ages and it more rightfully dicatates every man's existence in this world. Most Scientists were and are self-less human beings who spent and spend their whole lives trying to make every person's life easier and more bearable. Unfortunately,it has its bad eggs too! libraries and newspapers contain so much information about the latter claim. When a person of science starts to concoct a way to manipulate nature in order to pursue his selfish goals, that's when he ceases being a scientist and starts becoming a mad-man. Same thing holds true with entities who enter politics as politicians and later on become oppportunists!
Opportunism is the vehicle that people use to take advantage of the great gifts of politics. While it has been already established that some opportunists disguising themselves as politicians occupy the seats power, some other opportunists can be found on the other side of the fence. And who are these people? It could be you or me or anyone who makes a living at frauding the government. They are the ones who sleep and eat whole month and then wait for the dole outs from the government. They are the ones who sieze every opportunity wherein they can suck the government dry of its resources without contributing anything good to the society. They are the ones who desperately wait at every opportunity wherein they can cry discrimination on something and collect money afterwards. see, opportunists are not only they who seat in the goverment, they are amongst us!
politics should be treated with deference and respect because it is after all for our own good. we need to participate and fill it up with people who have the morals, the courage and the right ideas to lead us all in the right path. we owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to have a place wherein life, happiness and freedom will be secured. And at the end of it all, it goes down to what kind of people are we?
Some people see politics to be disgusting. they twist and turn at the mere pronouncation of the word. It is, to most laymen, nothing more than an act! an act that is even lesser than what they show on carnivals. To others its worse! they see it as the evil force that will put an end to life on this world. Politics, when compared to all forms of arts, is the most contested, most highly significant but at the same time, it is the most hated.
When I said that I live and breathe politics, I meant it not only figurativelly but literally as well. But this does not end with me because politics covers reins on us all. In our everyday dealings, people fail to notice that all our movements are practically ruled over by politics. The food on our table are regulated by politics; the clothes that we wear pass through the rigorous rules of taxation, captialism and labor, all of which are direct results of politics; and more importantly, the money that we use is made, balanced and regulated by politics. That is why it is sad to think that this matter that is so important and so direct to us all is easily dismissed as just a mere circus act.
Politics is not evil, It has in fact the best intentions. It serves as an access for us all to avail for God's inherent gifts of life, freedom and happiness. but just like anything good in this world, it can be used by people with evil intentions. This is not new to us. There were men in the past, a lot of them in fact, who mastered the workings of politics and utilized it to advance their own interests. To this day, there are still some who push for their personal glory at the expense of politics and the common people.
Politicians can be compared to scientists too. Like politics, science is also an art that has prospered through the ages and it more rightfully dicatates every man's existence in this world. Most Scientists were and are self-less human beings who spent and spend their whole lives trying to make every person's life easier and more bearable. Unfortunately,it has its bad eggs too! libraries and newspapers contain so much information about the latter claim. When a person of science starts to concoct a way to manipulate nature in order to pursue his selfish goals, that's when he ceases being a scientist and starts becoming a mad-man. Same thing holds true with entities who enter politics as politicians and later on become oppportunists!
Opportunism is the vehicle that people use to take advantage of the great gifts of politics. While it has been already established that some opportunists disguising themselves as politicians occupy the seats power, some other opportunists can be found on the other side of the fence. And who are these people? It could be you or me or anyone who makes a living at frauding the government. They are the ones who sleep and eat whole month and then wait for the dole outs from the government. They are the ones who sieze every opportunity wherein they can suck the government dry of its resources without contributing anything good to the society. They are the ones who desperately wait at every opportunity wherein they can cry discrimination on something and collect money afterwards. see, opportunists are not only they who seat in the goverment, they are amongst us!
politics should be treated with deference and respect because it is after all for our own good. we need to participate and fill it up with people who have the morals, the courage and the right ideas to lead us all in the right path. we owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to have a place wherein life, happiness and freedom will be secured. And at the end of it all, it goes down to what kind of people are we?
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