Career hazards are a part of every job. A lot of times, they make it worth the risk. If you manage to cross over, it's certainly worth it, and it makes trying (without succeeding) worth the effort. Politics, too, is a career. With the shuffle of people back and forth once they get into inner circles, it certainly isn't a vocation they just end up finding themselves lucky to do. It has prep and reward involved—all which any politician should feel guilty about as long they are doing their jobs.
And like every organisation and industry, there is competition, and not just the healthy type. Since the chances of them having a honourable merit-based in-organisation hierarchy in politics is low in India, there is confrontation, which has now become the standard. It's like all politicians are trying their best to be champions in limbo (the game), outdoing one another when one sets a brand new low for inter-political and personal respect for colleagues and peers as humans—defamation, name calling, crass language... the list is long. There must be new methods being created right now that are not on the list. Politics can very well be a drunk weekend on the beach at The Bahamas*, like it's a good thing, when you're on the top of the pyramid and at the bottom.
Now, we all understand personal lines being crossed, that you shouldn't cross anywhere. Most of us usually keep work work and home home. Politicians still are courteous when they run into each other on the job, with a few extreme cases. But their keeping work-work soon comes with the mixing a little of home as well, for that extra leverage, and the cycle starts. They are still courteous when they run into each other on the job, while using the home attacks when best leveragable. And this isn't the recent norm. Anyone who was inspired to become a leader of the people knew that this was one of the likely hazards of the job.
So if there is a politician out there who does indeed recognise the perils of their field, they would be either very willing or weary to craft their own path with them. The last thing they should do is be surprised about them. Some even expect honourable discourse instead. Well, every bad bunch has a good bunch, and you can't generalise and justice to both. You'd think that all their experience from the bottom up would give them some spine, or just the rude shock would, by itself, but that's far from reality. Most of them are in a mid-state that they are not conscious of. The only thing they are conscious of is how much power they are heading towards. It's a never ending zombie walk unlike which you'll never see elsewhere.
Some of them really walk the talk. They either call it power play and openly play with power, or they do it with complete, sometimes innocent, sincerity, and take people in their stride. Some play the people. They pull out their crocodile tears and worst behaviour only when it helps them get even just a little closer to where they can be a part of the limbo celebration.
All we can do is to enjoy the games and hope we don't get swallowed up whole anywhere along the way. The only thing we know will get swallowed up whole is our hopes that only they can realise. Let the games, and amusement, go on!
P.S: Have you got your popcorn? While you enjoy the show, just make sure you remember to vote, and give the voice you support a shout out when you can. There just may be hope!
*In line with it being a famed island holiday destination that such a thing is likely. Can be substituted for any other favourite holiday destination.
And like every organisation and industry, there is competition, and not just the healthy type. Since the chances of them having a honourable merit-based in-organisation hierarchy in politics is low in India, there is confrontation, which has now become the standard. It's like all politicians are trying their best to be champions in limbo (the game), outdoing one another when one sets a brand new low for inter-political and personal respect for colleagues and peers as humans—defamation, name calling, crass language... the list is long. There must be new methods being created right now that are not on the list. Politics can very well be a drunk weekend on the beach at The Bahamas*, like it's a good thing, when you're on the top of the pyramid and at the bottom.
Now, we all understand personal lines being crossed, that you shouldn't cross anywhere. Most of us usually keep work work and home home. Politicians still are courteous when they run into each other on the job, with a few extreme cases. But their keeping work-work soon comes with the mixing a little of home as well, for that extra leverage, and the cycle starts. They are still courteous when they run into each other on the job, while using the home attacks when best leveragable. And this isn't the recent norm. Anyone who was inspired to become a leader of the people knew that this was one of the likely hazards of the job.
So if there is a politician out there who does indeed recognise the perils of their field, they would be either very willing or weary to craft their own path with them. The last thing they should do is be surprised about them. Some even expect honourable discourse instead. Well, every bad bunch has a good bunch, and you can't generalise and justice to both. You'd think that all their experience from the bottom up would give them some spine, or just the rude shock would, by itself, but that's far from reality. Most of them are in a mid-state that they are not conscious of. The only thing they are conscious of is how much power they are heading towards. It's a never ending zombie walk unlike which you'll never see elsewhere.
Some of them really walk the talk. They either call it power play and openly play with power, or they do it with complete, sometimes innocent, sincerity, and take people in their stride. Some play the people. They pull out their crocodile tears and worst behaviour only when it helps them get even just a little closer to where they can be a part of the limbo celebration.
All we can do is to enjoy the games and hope we don't get swallowed up whole anywhere along the way. The only thing we know will get swallowed up whole is our hopes that only they can realise. Let the games, and amusement, go on!
P.S: Have you got your popcorn? While you enjoy the show, just make sure you remember to vote, and give the voice you support a shout out when you can. There just may be hope!
*In line with it being a famed island holiday destination that such a thing is likely. Can be substituted for any other favourite holiday destination.
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