I don't claim to know the whose who of politics, I don't claim to understand all the policies and legislation that they make or understand all the political mumbo jumbo jargain that they rattle off with in any government. I don't even claim to have solutions to all the worlds problems. What I do know is that people love to be divided by "us" and "them". Sounds unrelated, but hear me out. People love to be divided by politics, be it "Labour" and "Conservatives", "Republicans" and "Democrats" etc. I have noticed a lot of my friends on facebook who are NHS employees sharing posts about how this winter has been critical and gets worse every winter. Not enough staff or resources. I have shared some myself, purely to make my non NHS friends aware of the dire situation that we are facing and to avoid going to A&E for things that can be sorted by a GP, pharmacist or local minor injuries unit. (A.K.A to chose well) A lot of these videos that I'm seeing shared about social media at the moment are backed by Labour government in the UK or by certain political parties. My thoughts are that there is no such thing as a political party that will adhere to all your individual moral values and ethics. Each party has their own agenda and will do whatever it takes in order to get voted in to Parliament. Although I've shared such videos it's purely from a "look at the mess we are in, this needs to be fixed" stance. I don't care who fixes it politically, I just care that it's fixed. I saw this quote one time on Pinterest that I'll share below People love to debate about different political parties stances on various issues and how this party is better because they are doing this, that and the other. And someone else will come back with "Well I think this party is better because they do xyz"
They're all part of the same system. (Not going to go all conspiracy theory here, just being realistic) All politicians are paid to make the other side look bad, all politicians are paid to try and get the people to vote for them to be in power. Most of the time politicians are liars (not all of them, cause I'm sure there is a small number of genuine people who want to make a difference in the world) and will say what they need to, in order to get in power. I don't have a solution at hand for anyone. I just have a different perspective. That all political parties belong to the same thing. The world needs a certain amount of conservatism in the same way it needs a certain amount of liberalism. It's about balance in the world. So it's definitely something to remember the next time someone kicks off about what he said she said political nonsense is going on at the time and starts a row in the staff room.
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