Quote Originally Posted by Omegstrat6 View Post
Aside from the obvious old adage that "power corrupts" whilst western democracies are certainly preferable to either facist or communist dictatorships, their core downfall is that it takes time and money to become a politician and this then eliminates the vast majority of "ordinary" people from ever entering the sector.

As a rule you either have to be independently wealthy or else sponsored (e.g. By unions). It is also virtually impossible to get elected as an independent so candidates end up having to compromise and nail their flag to the mast of the political party whose policies they agree with most.

The bigger the nation (e.g. USA) the harder it becomes, not only because of having to appeal to an increased diversity amongst voters but also the sheer size means that running a campaign is so costly that any candidate will need enormous funds to run one -and the donors will always want something in return!

Don't personally believe in a United cabal of business men ( the so called "men behind the curtain") who pull all the strings of their puppet presidents/prime ministers but it would be exceptionally naive for anyone to think that a few very wealthy business men/companies do not have influences on government's and their policies.

I am sure that there remain very many MPs -on all sides -who genuinely do what they feel is in the interests of their constituents and the country and follow their conscience -sadly, however, the upper echelons seem to have lost most of any moral compass they once had.
There you go Mr. Blocktext. 😊 😉 .