Politics is an immoral profession by nature

[urbanguerrilla]

and I view suspect any politican parroting "morality."

True activism is for men like MLK or Desmond Tutu, the politicians are just there to implement as many tenets of the true activists platform as they can possibly work into the system, IMO. Even our beloved Jimmy Carter had to give lip service to segregation when Georgia's governor.

[Eloriel]

1. The way I used to put it

way back when I was young and just figuring all this stuff out (when I hated politics so much I wouldn't have anything to do with it -- UNTIL one day I realized "Hey, these guys can hurt us!" and decided I had no choice but to at least keep myself informed):

"The process itself is corrupting." You take good, decent folks who actually do want to do something for their city, their state, their nation, and you throw them into a system which is corrupt and the only way to survive AT ALL in that system is to yield to it.

Of course, for too many people, it's not "corrupt," it's "normal."

I even despise the way legislation is done. Good people put together a good bill and then it gets crapped on -- other not-so-good people add amendments designed to either kill it outright or hitch a ride for their crap agenda. So now the bill isn't nearly as good. Do you work for it anyway, knowing you won't get another chance for years (if ever), or do you abandon it? What eventually gets passed may bear no resemblance to what you planned and hoped for.

Then they trade votes on things. And play games.

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. There has to be a better way.

[msgadget]

3. My sentiments exactly, thanks

[ever_green]

2. I agree. n/t