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minus-squaredrcabbage@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoPolitics isn’t about solving problems. It’s about money and power. That’s it.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoPolitics is about getting people to work together towards a goal. This applies from the UN all the way down to community gardens. The power and money seeking are a corruption of its purpose.
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago Politics is about getting people to work together towards a goal. and The power and money seeking are the same thing. Your goal may be to help people. The goal of conservatives is to help themselves. That’s why they think liberals are misguided. They think “Stupid liberals helping others, they’re idiots. They could be helping themselves!”
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago Politics isn’t about solving problems. It’s about money and power. Its both actually, in various degrees, based on the person/party.
minus-squarekaonashi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe problem being solved is usually “how do I maintain my money and power”.
Politics isn’t about solving problems. It’s about money and power. That’s it.
Politics is about getting people to work together towards a goal. This applies from the UN all the way down to community gardens. The power and money seeking are a corruption of its purpose.
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are the same thing. Your goal may be to help people. The goal of conservatives is to help themselves. That’s why they think liberals are misguided.
They think “Stupid liberals helping others, they’re idiots. They could be helping themselves!”
Its both actually, in various degrees, based on the person/party.
The problem being solved is usually “how do I maintain my money and power”.