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Election year.
But they’re all the same!
Such a great phrase to abstain yourself from voting, one that on the surface may seem true especially when you’re in a truly two party state.
However, having heard this for the umpteenth time, I started to wonder what the same really means, and picked it apart.
Are our political parties really the same?
Made up of career politicians
One big pain point when it comes to politicians is they seem to be born and bred into that role. Without looking at statistics, most people feel like they had a one way ticket into their position in this club formerly known as a gentleman’s but now having extended the invite to include non white and not always with a penis.
Their way to try to overcome this is by staging something like eating a bacon butty or chomping on a slice of pizza. After all that’ll show you live in the real world!
Some people have been fooled, and have believed that x, y or z are closer to the commoner than the others in those houses, but ultimately the truth is they come from a skewed background that really isn’t representative of what the majority have to go through.
They’re simply out of touch, and on all sides to varying degrees.
Corrupt liars
Nepotism and bribes. Oh no, not my guy. Check again.
It’s a network made up of friends, and their friends, and their friends’ companies. Which would be fine if they were all fit for the job and offering good value for money, but that isn’t always the case.
In the private sector you form partnerships and build trust over many years, and you’re likely to go back time and time again. So why shouldn’t it be the same in the public sector? Why should there be public tenders to offer the contract to the best offer?
Well quite frankly, because as long as something gets done, that is quite enough. Whilst the private sector knows they will lose business if they don’t offer the customers exactly what they need and want, quality and substance don’t get you sacked or unelected.
Unless you’re caught redhanded and it’s made a big deal of, of course. Usually that’s when…
