The Rare Breed

Every person is like I am - I vote,i.e. when I am not busy with election duty and can't cast my vote due to my govt.-sponsored job.Why is it so? Well sorry to say it - we all vote (elect)politicians.So,you would ask,what is so special with it?Well,I think that they belong to a special breed.One eminent personality(British?) had said ages ago that"politics is the last refuge of scoundrels".
But I find that all that has changed - politics isn't the last but it is the first refuge of scoundrels.The Oxford Learner's dictionary defines that a scoundrel is one who is "a person who has no moral principal and no conscience, a villain".Period.
So,what is it that we actually do?IN the third world countries it is really very bad,actually worse than that of the first and second world countries.But,there are no good or bad politicians.Why?It's because we don't have a choice.We have to vote for some candidate,whatever that means.And what happens to our vote?Some scoundrel gets elected and gets the authority to rule us for the next four or five years.
I don't intend to say that all politicians are teribble.there are always exceptions - and they prove a rule - that there are a few hundred real imposters or good actors who are,as is known to us,good actors.So good they are as actors that they are actually liked by all and sundry.You see,we actually elected them.This goes on.The vicious cycle - get elected,share the loot,bag the loaves and fishes of office - and come back to the voters at the fag end of the term.It's marginally different in the developed nations.
It doesn't matter whether these nations need a saviour.No amount of underdevelopment will move these heinous creatures.They are after the gold.It's the best 'get rich quick'schemethat is available to all.Who knows,if I get a chance to contest elections,I too will become one of these scoundrels.No doubt about that.
Is there any way out?I don't think so.There's no doubt that all countries need good rulers,good quality representatives.But as long as there is no check or safeguard,HEAVEN help us.
So,Dear GOD,help us.Amen. http://www.labnol.org/india-blogs/indian-bloggers.html">Best Blogs