Politickle

Politics is  a word that means a way of getting things done to benefit the society it represents. It has various forms of being, in various places in the world. Politics are shaped by those who are involved in making policies so that their legal systems can carry them out. The word sits close to another word in the dictionary: "polite", but there is nothing polite about politics. Most, other than dictatorial forms, are made up of people hammering out, through argument and debate and, finally, a vote in what is supposed to be a formally controlled environment, to create clarity in the laws of their lands. It's a serious business and those who engage in such a career, know it. Its effects spread throughout the country it works for, and should reflect it. There, for safety's sake, unlike a kingdom that grinds on until a death occurs as in times past, is a limited time period in which certain facets of the political scheme can operate. When the time period is up, there is a country-wide vote to install another set of politicians or to retain the old ones. Before this can happen, however, the parties of politicians have to point out to those who are going to vote for or against them, why they should be the next government. They go out and about to convince the populace that they will do the most beneficial job. And at this point, things can become rather silly. Sometimes they become downright bizarre. The people who think their group should run for leadership, find a leader and together, they tell the voters what they might do if they are elected. They want to convince the people that their plan will work. It is quite simple, really. But, and this is where politics become politickle, the job that is, in truth, to convince voters that their plan will work better than that of the others, become engaged in a personal popularity contest. What's their fashion, their hair, their face, their past? What do they eat, where do they live? What part of the country are they from? What makes the whole process more ridiculous and it shouldn't, of course, is when election promises are made that are unrealistic and not backed-up with solid plans and strategies. This is confusing to voters who need to know exactly how the business of using their tax money is to occur. That's all they want and need to know. They want to trust their politicians. They are not, or should not be, interested in how their elected will appear or what kind of mother and father and family home they had, or what their spouse's body is like. It's about running the country. And when going around supposedly informing people of the policies they plan to introduce, and it turns into personal insults and name calling of the opposing parties, and general primary school recess-spatting on the campaign trail, it flies in the face of the very serious matter of how they are are going to run an entire country. Without political dignity, and a clear sense of what truly matters in the work of managing a country, it becomes politickle.