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Originally Posted by Abraham
Sure.
But the same thing goes for a 44 year old journalist who knows that he'll only be on screen with a catchy news item (and who may sometimes have a political agenda as well)...
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Oh, everyone has an agenda. Even everyone who has posted here.
With so many different views, agendas and angles on political issues most people either:
a) Decide its all to much and the world is a confusing place and go and make a cuppa tea.
b) Side with the personality, religion, country or people they most identify with.
c) Side against the personality, religion, country or people they least identify with.
Everyone is effected by effected by a, b or c to some extent; some more obviously then others.
Personally I find I never have enough information I can trust and I lack background knowledge of people, places and history. I end up in category 'a'.
'a' is bad because you don't count until you can decide. Someone in 'a' may never make a difference for the better.
'b' is bad because it lacks questioning and your side may be the "wrong" one. Someone in 'b' might not question their guiding government, religion, people or personality.
'c' is bad because it lacks self criticism and the side you are against may be the "right" one. Someone in 'c' might be blinded by their prejudice against people.
'a' and 'b' often go hand in hand, but not always.
Occasionally someone will chose 'd'.
'd' is leading people your self.
'd' is bad because a room full of leaders, by definition can't achieve goals together unless some of the "leaders" are lead by other leaders. Those being lead are no longer 'd'
(leaders), they are now 'b'
(see above). If all the leaders remain independent then the group as a whole becomes as directionless as 'a'.
And then finally, if you do end up leading people independently, you will almost certainly be corrupted.
The UN is a good example of a room full of leaders.
Its important to know I'm talking about political issues here, not general conflicts such as ongoing war.
So whats the best option if you want to make the "right" choice?
I think the best thing to do is to try and understand all the underlining systems like this. Try to escape the influences of 'b' and 'c', gain all the knowledge you can and then make a compromise. After you do that
act on your choice, even if you just change the way you vote next time.
Option 'd' is out of the reach of most people and is almost impossible to get right and stay uncorrupted....unless you are the next Gandhi - Mandela.
This could all be bull **** btw, I'm making it up as I go along and I have no real knowledge of political philosophy!
*edit* Wish I could get my self to write that much back in education, my spell check must be burnt out.
*edit#2* This isnt off-topic, its just meta-topic