Be a Politician when you are jobless
A politician, political leader, or political figure (from Greek “polis”) is someone who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d’état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest, divine right, or other means.
Politics is not limited to governance through public office. Political offices may also be held in corporations, and other entities that are governed by self-defined political processes. (Wikepedia)
Mostly people think about politicians that “One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence thereafter” is a politician but Nikita Khrushchev says “Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
”BUT we say “A politician is a person who campaigns for or holds a position in government. A politician may start a career by running for a local office, like mayor, but could eventually serve nationally — in Congress or even as President.“The role of a modern politician is to persuade people that everything will just go on getting better, without disruption to their lives and with no effort on their part. As a general rule politicians do not lie. They just say what the majority of the population want to hear.
All politicians know that they will never get elected if they tell the electorate that things will get worse. No opposition politician will make strong statements pointing out structural difficulties or impending disaster because one day they hope to be in power and so they will do nothing that might frighten the electorate. Opposition politicians are also frightened that if they question the policies of the Government that they will be asked what they would do that is different and usually they are devoid of ideas. If there was an obvious solution to a problem is it likely that it would not already have been thought of and implemented?If the Government announces a new policy to address a particular concern and providing that it sounds like it might just work then people are reassured. That is why politicians always talk about compromise.
What they mean is that they have found a form of words that will make as many people as possible feel reassured about the future, and which will not threaten anyone’s interests. This often means that policies are totally ambiguous. In all the areas where the public have concerns policies are churned out ad nauseam.”
These few lines, I have selected from a website “Association of Politicians“, very interesting. I need comments on these lines from the readers, either I should become a politician or not because I am jobless?
