And we let them.
Serving the public and being a public servant couldn't be further from their minds. It is all about THEM, not what is best for their country.
But wait. Are we complicit in ending up with them?
Are we so negative and critical and cynical of all politics and politicians that no sane person in their nice mind would now consider putting themselves forward for a lifetime of public scrutiny, criticism, abuse and blame for everything down to the weather?
Has it become a chicken and egg conundrum? What came first the self-serving politician or the cynical voter?
While this particular battle was an internal one inside the Tory party. abstaining from voting seems to be the alarming means of general protest for a growing number of British subjects. But the irony is abstaining is NEVER seen as a protest against whatever array of undazzling potential leaders happen to be on offer. Abstaining from voting is seen as a BIG FAT assumption that you do not care who rules you. Silence should never be mistaken for agreement, but of course it invariably is. And 'don't care got nowhere' as our grandmothers were so fond of telling us.
If we can be exulted to be 'passionate' about a brand of ice cream or a variety of coffee, why so luke warm about the things which should matter most and have the potential to have the biggest effect on our lives? Like our leaders?
Bad things happen when good people do nothing. Whinging about who rules us or Brexit does not count as doing something.
Meanwhile we have open access to all the drugs, booze, porn, gambling, food and online addiction, ie bread and circuses, we could wish for to ensure we remain in our own little bubbles anaesthetised to reality and unlikely to rise up in any meaningful way.
The French Government live in fear of their electorate. We need to follow suit and aim for a bloodless coup or two. When we've all decided what we actually want, that is.
Meanwhile Trump couldn't be happier to have his Little Brit bro' ruling Britain.
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So true - I worked with people for years who didn't bother voting and when the financial crash happened, it apparently didn't affect them because "it wasn't their bank". When their jobs were then rationalised they didn't equate the two. Our passions as a nation seem to be concentrated on the small screen and the alternate realities they provide.
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