January 30, 2016
Politics-me-not-ticking
Aristotle wrote that "The state, however, consists not only of a greater number of people, but also of various people (...) The components from which the whole is to be made, must be of various kinds, and equality consists in reciprocity of benefits and remuneration. (...) Even between free and equal, there must be this reciprocity or sequence of benefits, because they cannot all rule at the same time. "
He also reminds us that “what is the common property of very many is least surrounded by effort. This is because people tend to care first of all for their property, and less for their common property, or only insofar as it concerns one of them. Apart from other reasons, the fact that neglect comes easier for them when they can assume that others care about a given thing, just as sometimes in domestic service, more servants are less well served than less numerous ”.
And on this second thought, I will get caught. The man who exercises power becomes (most) the guardian of the law. Already established and the one that is itself. Political justice is a just state and the law that makes us the last form of social development.
Once, one of the local activists put forward the thesis: "" Power "was elected in general elections and it is to" rule "in the period between elections, and the society is to evaluate this rule during elections." Most often, this thesis is promoted by the current rulers, and the contenders do not agree with it. At least until the next elections, because then it can be different. Recently often heard in relation to having a mandate. As we have found out in Lubartów, on numerous examples, having a mandate is not included in the package with infallibility.
Politics, according to Max Weber, is "the desire to participate in power or to exert influence on the division of power, be it between states or within a state, between groups of people that make up this state." Many people have recently shuffled their friends to participate in demonstrations. And others presume the so-called pain in their fellow men. end of the back associated with the change of power.
Power change is quite common in nature, so I don't think there is anything to get excited about. As I understand it, the excitement concerns the manifestations of exercising this power and it is probably time to realize that.
Others, on the other hand, more or less contemptuously, say that they leave politics to the frustrated, or to other –moms and the like. Unfulfilled elsewhere, anyway.
I do not know if it will be a revealing statement for them that it is nothing that they are not interested in politics. Politics is interested in them. We have pro-family, fiscal, budget, financial and trade policies and whatever you want. Thus, in every area of life the citizen is there, even if he pretends that he is not. Therefore, the statement "I am not interested in politics" is a kind of intellectual self-satisfaction. Therefore, the statement "I am interested in politics" means that I do not have the proverbial level of taxes, what are the main assumptions of the state's development and similar circumstances.
Do I, as an individual, have an influence? Truism - one stick is easy to break, a bundle - more difficult. But, according to the hook, neglect (lack of interest) comes easier when one citizen presumes that the other citizen is interested. Politicians cannot be denied merit in this respect. To those who promote the view that society can only judge power during elections. Yes it can. But it should not necessarily, and not only then.
For watchdog organizations, they don't have a very good press, because they have bad associations. Strange because we should all be watchdogs for our own good. Not necessarily associated. To signal that something is wrong. This is help, not an attack. But it's not media or weak media. The pile of papers has not yet made anyone a "popular bridge". But there is no point in being stuck in the projection that it doesn't concern me. Everything applies to you, man, if you live in this country. Whether you will pay the PLN 900 insurance premium tomorrow, you will owe to your election of a specific member of parliament, belonging to a specific political formation. Whether your child has free books for school the day after tomorrow, you will owe it to the same. Non-voters are a separate category.
I wonder if participation in the election was compulsory, some people, instead of putting a cross wherever they go, would think - and what the hell, if I have to put it, I will get a little bit interested. Be more interested people, and don't spoil the world for me by your disinterest.
Anna Gryta