A politician’s job security is based upon popularity. The democratic process of voting has become a means to an end: turning one’s personal preference into an obeyed law.
I am not concerned with swaying you toward one political party over another; I am simply pointing out the obvious. These are simple observations people prefer to avoid, deeming them offensive to deny the truth.
For example, this is how arguments about virtue unravel. Jill tells Jack not to do something. Jack then asks Jill if she has ever done what she says he must not do. If her answer is yes, the conversation turns into how Jill is nothing more than a hypocrite, and therefore not worth listening to. If her answer is no, it is used to demonstrate that she is ignorant, and therefore not worth listening to. Society then applauds Jack’s reasoning, and declares him a paragon of logic.
The preface to, Separation by Politics
