What are politics? Politics have been around since before man could speak. There has always been at least two sides or point of views to everything. As long as there is a reason to argue there will be politics. The worst political crisis our society has ever seen in my opinion was the day we created the two party system. We are a house decided yet we think we are civil enough to make decisions as a whole. I find it ironic that when we use our democracy to vote on whom we want its only benefiting half of the population. I hate Politics for 2 main reasons, some of which I know people can relate.
The
first reason I hate politic is because it creates unnecessary conflicts between
groups. Some people love the debate aspect about politics. I
however don’t care for it at all. Tension rises faster than the
superman roller coaster and when you ride
an emotional roller-coaster one wrong word, or wrong statement
of belief, can make a civil gathering turn into an all our shouting contest.
Not to say that this happens every time but why must people always want to
prove that someone else is wrong in the attempt to make themselves feel
like they’ve won. I personally don’t bother telling people my
political beliefs because why should they care I don’t care
about theres. I’m not going to go out of my way to change the way they think
because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Secondly
when referring to the most current elections we have maybe two of the
worst candidates in history. How in the world did we end up with
these two choices, is there really no way Obama can run for his 3rd term?
Politics in general has become one of the worst jokes I’ve ever
heard between the mediators making headlines at debates to the
constant interruptions between all the candidates. It makes
me embarrassed to be American, and I love my country. My little sister is
10 years old and she has more manners than anyone who ran for president
this year. The absurdity that I hear and see from my future president
on both sides is pitiful, am I’m honestly scared for this country.
"The worst political crisis our society has ever seen in my opinion was the day we created the two party system."
ReplyDeleteI disagree; I think the worst political crisis happened not in 1796 but instead in 1860.
"How in the world did we end up with these two choices"
Because starting around 1970 we switched from candidates being selected by a privileged few in a smoke-filled room to a populist primary system. This encouraged candidates to pander to the voting fringes, instead of espousing moderate views.
"is there really no way Obama can run for his 3rd term"
There is no way.
"Not to say that this happens every time but why must people always..."
This doesn't make sense.
Honestly, I could not have said this better myself. I agree with you 100%. I hate politics! Regardless everyone will always have their own opinions about politics, elections and so on. Some people like me, do not pay much attention to politics or understand what is actually going on because i have no interest at all. I do not know how we ended up with 2 candidates to be elected and why Obama cannot run again. But sometimes power gets in the wrong hands. That is all politics are, is power and that is what people want more of in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteTPTB are happy when you chose to ignore politics. It means that they can ignore you and your interests with impunity.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't Obama run again? Because the 22nd Amendment makes that unconstitutional.
This is a very interesting blog post, definitely something that everyone can relate to. Politics is a big controversial issue in the United States and we are always drowned by the power politics have in our everyday that come to frustrate us even more. I think it would been more appealing if you connected your argument more to the current presidential election that has impacted everyone for the past four years. Also you could have supported your argument with more background information to show how politics was stemmed and how it has changed over time.
ReplyDelete"Is there really no way Obama can run for his 3rd term?" Yeah, there's no way because it's a law. He's gone and I am also very sad about it! But we have to deal with the facts, we did end up with these 2 candidates and Trump did win. But you did put your thoughts into very well spoken words! I do agree that politics can get out of hand, they always do because the drive and motivation behind everything that everyone does especially in the world of politics is money and power and greed for more of the two. This can turn into something so ugly, as we have all experienced these past several months. Next time, maybe a comparison of the two and their goals would give some good support to your argument.
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