To pursue the theme from the previous post I pose the following question: what sort of person gets involved in modern politics? For the most part activism and radical politics is the preserve of the Left and that is for another discussion but in national politics ie politicians one can discern a certain archetype,a pathology at work that is instructive to examine.If altruism is a product of low self esteem ie we give to acquire approval and status as a caring compassionate person what can be said of those who in politics seek self esteem and moral cachet by giving away other people's money?!
Values normally have to be earned but in the human realm as well indeed in the natural world living beings can mimic certain types of behaviour in order to in effect steal values from others.Creatures can assume an innocuous unthreatening exterior to deceive unsuspecting creatures into thinking they are harmless and when close enough they pounce and devour their victim.
Plants and creatures can camouflage themselves in order to disguise their true intent.So it is in the human realm.We call such behaviour sociopathy or psychopathy.
The world of politics is not just replete with such characters but in its present construction actually facilitates and attracts such human pathology.For in modern politics the prize goes to the party that can most convincingly persuade its electorate that it possesses all the human characteristics the culture most values ie compassion,caring,giving.Thus the more taxation a party can extract,the more 'benefits' it can promise blanking out of course where such 'benefits' derive from-the more popular and successful the political party making the biggest promises will be.
Thus can it be seen that we have a political system that mirrors the predatory dog eat dog system in nature albeit dressed up in semantics and sophistry.
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