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Originally posted by Scipio
The thing that frustrates me is that the political process has become too focused on power, campaigning, and fundraising. We elect these people to govern the country, not cover their own asses.
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This is precisely why I'm so disillusioned with politics. I took 3 political science courses last year, thinking I might like to be a political scientist major, but I learned little more in theory than that the goal of any smart politician is to have power. What are the nuts and bolts of the theory? To campaign and fundraise in order to gain and retain that power. I have to say that I was much more enthusiastic about politics in general before I knew that all the dirty stuff I hated about it was standard political theory.