Topic: Is politics everyone's business? - page 2. (Read 1211 times)

Certainly, politics is everyone’s business, but not in the way we’re often led to believe. Politics is not just about voting every four years or watching debates on television. It’s much more; it’s the essence of our daily interactions, the air we breathe in a free market, and the freedom to choose in our everyday lives.

As Ludwig von Mises aptly put it: “Human action is purposeful behavior.” In every action, we are engaging in politics; every time we exchange goods or services, we are voting for a world without coercion. To ignore politics is to ignore our own agency, to let others write the rules of our game.

Anarcho-capitalism teaches us that true politics is self-governance. It’s the rebellion against the tyranny of the collective for the sake of the individual. It’s understanding that behind every law and regulation, there’s a metaphorical gun pointed at our heads.

So yes, everyone should know about politics, not to play the state’s game, but to know how to avoid its traps and live in true freedom. Because in the end, as Rothbard said: “The state is those who run it, and it is not at all an abstraction.”

To my own understanding politics in for everyone living in a community of more than three people, politics is not only made for politicians or democracy practices but for all individual, it is play in our home, working place and everywhere were they are gathering, politics is been practice by every individual depending on the position the person is holding, negative politics is been play by bad people that why we see it as bad practice which is not so, our leader always use it in a bad manner towards us and we view it as bad practice. Leadership is all about politics, every system of government been transactional leadership, democratic leadership, autocratic leadership etc play politics to bring peaceful ruling of their community.

I think everyone should be involved in politics. politics is democracy. how do we live without determining our political direction. such as the presidential election, nonsense to people who say I'm not interested or not interested in politics or saying whoever is elected most importantly must care about the people, all of that is nonsense! In democracy, it is stipulated that every living person is obliged to choose and choose their future leaders. If this mindset is still used, don't be surprised that people who are elected as leaders will be people who are not qualified and not qualified. let's call it the presidential election, between the presidential candidates. We must make our choices as a people. We must choose with conscience and common sense who will be our future leaders. we have to consider and find out what his achievements, experience, vision and mission are. Of course, what we think is good according to common sense is what we have to choose. because in reality it is the leader (president) who will lead the future fate of the nation and we the people through his policies and decisions for the welfare of his people. So for people who still talk about politics, it's not important, that's clearly very strange and their health should be questioned..

I don't think politics is meant for everyone but we as citizens are involved in politics in one way or another, involving the electoral process is part of politics itself, we need to understand what politics is all about, that is why I believe that in a rational society every person is a politician, but some people make politics their major job and those people are the core politicians in the country who shows up every electioneering period to contest for one political office or the other, and we call them the political class. This set of people controls the game in the country.

When we talk about politics, it's believed that we're talking about the society which has to do with everyone under a rulership cabinet. So if we talk about politics, it's of everyone's concerns as it is an activity that has to do with you and I.
There's a different between leaders and followers but yet, they're of the same societies.
Politics is everyone's business just as it may say that security is everyone's business. You can't live the whole of the securities to the police or the armed forces, so every individuals are equal to the task to offer security provisions at when possible.
This is such as the politics, everyone citizens in a a society that recognizes the existence of it's citizens would always consider their opinions possibly it could bring solutions to the difficulties on what the society could be facing. No one is master of all knowledges.
I would only believe that not everyone is meant to o rule in the pool of sitting in a political positions but that doesn't make a change that politics is for some certain persons.

Of course politics is everyone's business and should be a concern for every living citizen because we're all part of the process.
Politics exist because there are people which is you. Everyone in one way or the other is involved in politics, even right inside the family there's politics. And when it comes to Public Politics, it stretches way out to the our everyday actions(negative/positive) which all contributes to societal development.

However there are some factors that make people feel Indifferent towards politics i.e. Bad Governance, Unfulfilled Promises of those in power, Corruption, Electoral Malpractice, Ignorance, Insecurity etc...all these lead to increase in political apathy.

But regardless, well all should exercise our civil rights.

Everyone should contribute to fair politics.Politics can never be business.  Every citizen has the right to elect the government.So every citizen should vote for the right candidate.If you don't vote, ineligible candidates will come to power and apathy will start in the country.And the country will be full of corruption.It is the civil right of every citizen to vote.So everyone should speak up for their rights and elect the right candidate for their country.Politics can never be business.  Politicians are in power to serve the people.But many unscrupulous politicians enter politics for their greed of power and destroy the country.Which is really sad.

Politics is an essential subject for a country because politics provides us with all the laws governance and direction to run the country. So as a common and conscious citizen of a country, I think it is very important for every person to be aware of politics. Because if you are not aware of politics there is an opportunity to be deprived of the rights that citizens have as citizens. Being aware of politics and participating in politics is very important for us to maintain the political environment and our social and state environment.

But isn't voting an acknowledgement of the "system?" How does one NOT acknowledge the system while at the same time keeping it from getting worse? Making up a better system and publicizing it so that people vote for it, is a difficult task.

Politics deserves to be every one's business because the decisions of our leaders affects us negatively or positively, directly or indirectly. It's through politics that our leaders are being chosen so a situation whereby a wrong leader is being elected to lead the people, you would find that there would be a lot of problems in his governance so if we don't get involved in politics, we may actually be putting our society in jeopardy because the few that would be participating may elect incapable people to lead the people.

politics is an essential part of our existence on earth. Without politics their will be lame laws and regulations that govern every aspect of our living. ideally, everyone is fully involved in political activities(public opinions) mainly because it determines how the means of control for production. By engaging in political affairs citizens tends to express their opinions

Politics does not necessarily mean being among the candidate to be voted for but by fully participating in election process and agreeing on joining little campaign for the appropriate body fit for that office is part of politics, it may nor really be for survival.

The human society is replete with certain political values such as; liberty, justice, equality, law and property, to name but a few. Political Power is the only resources that could be acquired and redeployed to enforce the allocation of these values in the society. The acquisition of political power is organized within the political calculus of electoral contestations under the praxis of democracy in contemporary society. These involve the formation of political parties, voters registration, casting of votes, campaigns, counting of votes and the declaration of the winner.
Therefore, since all citizens are desirous to attain these values in respect to proper allocation, it is imperative that all citizens should be involved to choose those who would control political power in the society. So, apathy is a disservice to humanity and the society at large.

Yes politics should be the concern of every citizen cause if a bad government is elected its affects everyone and if a good one is elected it also affects everyone, if our well beign is our concern then politics should also be everyone's business.

But other cases are when elections are riged and that power us removed from the hands of citizens, this is the case in some counties where power is determined by few and everyone is decived with democracy when the bad shit is going on under.

Some people believe that politics is everyone's business, while others disagree; it all depends on the individual. Politics, to some, is a nasty game, while to others, it is a means of survival. As for me, I do not believe politics is for everyone because not everyone is excellent at doing bad, and vice versa, but whichever path we take, I believe we should proceed with caution.

Politics is suppose to be everyone business but it's unfortunately that people now take it as a person al business at which they are ready to do anything in other to cling any political position whichever way but the major thing is for it to happen, if politics is not everyone business, why do the electorate involving in the voting that will bring in new or old candidate to political office, I just feel that what we are facing as a people is that the political will of people has been hijacked by the desperate minds, leaving the perceived weaklings behind in so doing peoples opinion do not count again but in real sense it is not suppose to be like that, everyone is suppose to be in the picture.

Between not caring and already knowing that future predictions will repeat themselves like the previous years in democracy in a country, people will not focus too much on the people who will replace them even if they are new people, as long as the predecessor is still there and oversees the course of politics behind the scenes. It is not new that politics in a country relies on money for seasoning and attraction in finding supporters even though it is done by close friends, most of the backgrounds of political practitioners are not from the wealthy, of course veiled politics will be seen if it has entered the new government period, even if it is a businessman. If a country still carries out this practice, especially with the involvement of close relatives, of course there is no progress and politics is only a dressing, sad.

Op I don't know which country you came from and the content you not from Africa but If you were from Africa you would have understand more. Yes your explanation of Politics is correct but your second paragraph spoiled everything. In Africa our votes are not counted but it is on the votes of three men are valid in the African Politics. These three votes that are valid because they are three judges determine who won the election and all other votes are nullified. And this is what is happening in my country Nigeria. Those who failed in the direct elections are the winners in the court of law. So if you think you have voted anyone to the leadership position, then you are still a dreamer in African Politics. There is nothing like ignorant in African Politics, we are all aware of everything. People are not voting because their prefer candidate has not been selected to be the winner of any election so instead they prefer staying at home to watch what is happening in the country elections.

If the real democracy is practice in Africa elections then people would have gone out to vote and see the result. In Nigeria who took third position in election won the election. This has been happening in the African scene of elections. Even this past general election. The present leader took third position but was declared winner of the election. Politics should be a concern of every citizens but the state has diverted the people's will to few will. The will of the people is not accepted but the will of the few are accepting. So the Political apathy in the African scene is very high year after year. And because of the irregularity of the election outcome, voters now sell their vote because their belief is that their votes have not been counted in any election.

Recycling of the same group is what is happening in out country,  a lot of the politicians just as you have rightly said,  have no define job or a career paths that they are pursuing and that is why they find politics and political offices as a do or die position and many of them have done what it terms unconstitutional to remain in power or to recruit their loyalists into those political offices.

A situation happens in my state recently,  when the seating governor who have finish his two terms,  brought in his cousin's brother to take over from him,  and at that point, many citizens cried out and even tried to vote against the candidate butt in the end, he was rigged in as the winner of the election. 

Yes, without a second thought politics is rightly for everyone as long you are of the age for voting base on your country will deter the minimum age everyone should be able to carry out politics.

Politics might not be you In person coming out for a particular post and position but you casting your votes or involvement in some political affairs, like going for campaign. Visit to the Government house(where he will tell you how his own government will be and what to expect from him).

Most people fails to pertake into politics that is why most of the times some certain bad governments are put in power because majority of the citizens are quiet in politics and see no need to pertake in it.
We do not need to be silent, when ever there is a need for us to rise and pertake in politics let's follow up because a good government in power will certainly bring in a good economy