Politics and politicians

I share the sentiments of George Bernard Shaw when he said:

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Though I am so much interested on political affairs, I still remain indifferent on how a democratic form of government is run by politicians. I have always viewed democracy as a government by the mob, of the mob and for the mob.

I know there is no perfect form of government. The kind of government we have is always dictated by its leadership. Government models are ideals in papers and in principles, but in practice, they fail due to the powers that be; those that seat in highest places in government. As the presidential election looms in the US, speculations after speculations have driven the market indexes and prices to a crazy see-saw as usual. Why? Because, whoever takes the helm of the presidency will surely dictate where our economy is headed.

Politics is a necessary evil, I must admit. And so, in the coming election, my feeling is best described by J. Basil Boothroyd:

All I can feel about leadership struggle is let them struggle, and let’s just pray that when someone’s come out on top we shan’t get an instant paperback by a couple of political journalists telling us how it all happened.