Just recently, I read a tweet with a link to a list of the top political leaders and it got me thinking ... how did we get here?
To my mind it is quite backwards to think of politicians as leaders, really at this point in history I hardly think this need be stated.
It is not their job to lead, to set moral guidelines, or to set the course of the nation... it is their job to listen! to listen to us, the people, it is our job to be involved & to watch carefully what they do.
This next bit sounds like a bad thing but really it's not so read carefully... We are not supposed to trust politicians! not because they are bad people but simply because they are...PEOPLE. I am not saying that you can't trust people, of course you can but you need to have a realistic assessment of their nature ( by the way... this is almost impossible the way we live today but maybe we'll get to that later) this is the reason why the story of the scorpion & the frog rings so true.
We cannot expect politicians to do the right thing of their own accord ( or anyone else for that matter) that is why there are checks an balances and there always have been, even before the constitution was written... for true.
Here is why I make the comparison that is the title of this post...
If your car breaks down and you can't fix it, its clear you know nothing about how it works, your mechanic knows this and may find it hard not to take some advantage... It's been known to happen.
Now...
If your car breaks down and you can't fix it and you have to take it to a mechanic, you would be in a much better position if you know a bit about how the car works, now... if your mechanic is an honest, nice guy, as many are, not only does that knowledge likely indemnified against being ripped off but the brief conversation you will have, may just make a friend or at least an ally.
What I'm trying to say here is if you don't have the information, you can be sold any bill of goods by a mechanic or even a politician and in the case of the politician the lack of knowledge & involvement is exactly what makes them think that they have the right to lead and the right to make decisions in our "absence" and have no doubt we have been absent for a long while.
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