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TheMovement
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Why do people become politicians?
#19197068 - 11/27/13 03:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was thinking about this the other night. Why would anyone think to themselves " I want to be a politician when I grow up"? The idea of it just seems completely ludicrous to me. Do you think most would-be politicians go into it with idealistic values, trying to benefit their society by becoming a speaker for the people? Or do they go into it because they were bred to? Or maybe they're power hungry and greedy and want to take steps up the ladder of society? Or they love being the center of attention?
Politics clearly attracts people from many different groups and ideals, is there a common goal that makes them want to become a part of it, or is it all the reasons I listed above varying from person to person? Or maybe everyone of them is just out there for themselves.
All I know is that politics attracts the inept, but perhaps thats what they want us to think
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: TheMovement]
#19197076 - 11/27/13 03:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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To have a shot at power.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: TheMovement]
#19197098 - 11/27/13 03:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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TheMovement said: ...or is it all the reasons I listed above varying from person to person?...
Pretty much that, and other things too, there are many reasons people want to be politicians.
I wish I didn't already fuck up my chances of being a politician.
I would like to be a politician so I can change stuff that needs to be changed.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: jamminshaman]
#19197107 - 11/27/13 03:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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The ones who get into it for well intentioned reasons don't make it. Thought about politics then I started thinking I don't want to be assassinated.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: TheMovement]
#19197224 - 11/27/13 04:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've thought of going into politics, to maybe set things right for once.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: TheMovement]
#19197268 - 11/27/13 04:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's a shitty deal, really. The pay sucks. You have to kiss a lot of ass. Every few years your job is in the hands of people who only tend to remember the bad shit.
The imminently qualified can make a lot more money and do a lot more good in the private sector.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: Enlil]
#19197371 - 11/27/13 05:04 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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A bullet goes through anyones head that trys to "fix shit for the better" go ask kenned... Oh nvm
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: Mescalean]
#19197459 - 11/27/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mescalean said: A bullet goes through anyones head that trys to "fix shit for the better" go ask kenned... Oh nvm
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: Synthe] 1
#19197532 - 11/27/13 05:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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People go into poliics with the idea that they can change things for the better. They quickly realize that they won't make a difference.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: Patlal]
#19197628 - 11/27/13 06:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Some of them do, some of them don't. All of them want power. The problem with elections is that the qualities one needs to get elected have nothing to do with the qualities that one needs to govern. It's like asking a used car salesman to operate on your brain tumor.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: TheMovement]
#19198017 - 11/27/13 07:40 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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TheMovement said: I was thinking about this the other night. Why would anyone think to themselves " I want to be a politician when I grow up"?
because it's like getting welfare except you get to be on TV regularly and you can have a few sex scandals with under age interns... it's a win/win/win
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: Mescalean]
#19198038 - 11/27/13 07:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mescalean said: A bullet goes through anyones head that trys to "fix shit for the better" go ask kenned... Oh nvm
didnt kennedy remove us completely from precious metals backed currency?
yep.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#19198120 - 11/27/13 08:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good for him.
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: Synthe]
#19198184 - 11/27/13 08:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Synthe said:
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Mescalean said: A bullet goes through anyones head that trys to "fix shit for the better" go ask kenned... Oh nvm

He's saying anyone who tries to change too much will be an assassination target, like JFK (who can't be asked about it since he's dead.)
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Re: Why do people become politicians? [Re: psi]
#19198191 - 11/27/13 08:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Kennedy would have just fucked the country up anyway.
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