The Circus of your Fate

 

Ah, yes. Politics—the circus which decides your fate. You either endorse it; condemn it; or feign obliviousness to it. The word has been thrown around so much in social media that you could assume the peeps of the Internet have lost the actual meaning of the word.

According the most trustworthy source of the Internet (Google), Politics can be defined as—

 "The activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power."

In essence, the quality of your life, your dog's life, the quality of the ground you live in, and even the quality of your farts can be directly connected with politics. This is because the peeps in the government make decisions regarding the governance of the land you live in, and we all know our environment shapes us.

Furthermore, although morally questionable and quite rare in democratic nations, politics can also take away your rights, take away your dog's rights, and/or cause nation-wide quality dropping in essentially everything (even your farts).

Because of this, you would expect politics to be a serious matter where every party takes their roles seriously and perform decisions for the people. While this should be unambiguous, humans are not perfect creatures.

Corruption and dishonesty still runs on in basically every country to the point that the very term "Politician" has been associated with being corpulent, avaricious, obtuse — or in general in being treated the same way criminals are treated; with only a few exceptional leaders standing out from the stereotype. Despite this, I, and most of us most likely classify politicians as nefarious dingleberries. 

It is a bizarre universe we live in, since corruption is so normalized in society. Some individuals of a country make fools of themselves by romanticizing their underdevelopment and assuming their own leaders to have tainted hearts by default.

The more normalized something is, the more people are going to be doing it. For example, if everybody in the room is stealing each other's items, you too may be inclined to steal stuff yourself. Then, when you (somehow) have children, they will be raised in the same poopy environment and only continue the cycle of stealing and suffering.

On another note, one thing to respect the french for other than baguettes is the sheer quantity of civil unrests that occur on a regular basis. When the citizens see the government does bad things, they immediately get to the streets and nobody would be surprised if they decapitated an official or sent a random corporate office on fire.

Of course, civil unrests should not be normalized. They should really only be done when the government really ticks off the people. Everybody has the right to protest, but needless violence should be avoided. In the end—the government's actions are always done in favour of the people (at least in the ideal democracy, they are).

Now, you may be asking, what point am I trying to make? Golly, good question. I would assume it would be to stop downplaying the actions of leaders and make them accountable for their actions. 

And the first step to stop underestimating figures in power is taking their actions seriously. Conveniently, memes might be the downfall of empathy.

Memes are ideas or styles which spread from person to person. When a meme becomes popular, then the idea spreads on a world-wide scale and subsequently normalizes the idea. In a way, making memes about serious topics can be played off as dark humor, but you can simply smell the desensitizing propaganda reeking from the meme.

I may sound like epitome of this Image—

Fig: Spongebob Squarepants from Spongebob Squarepants

BUT—

In hindsight, it makes sense. The more you are exposed to romanticized/humorization of conflict and suffering on the internet; the more it is normalized; and the less you take it seriously. Subsequently, it may even be encouraged. 

Because of this lack of mutual societal co-operation to develop one's nation, the country itself falls apart into tiny underdeveloped pieces. Then, even the ruined nation will be poked fun at and thats when you know the country has failed itself.

In conclusion, hold society accountable. Cyberbully evil politicians and make them susceptible to the law. Corruption is one of; if not the most heinous crimes in the world. It holds the development of an entire nation back, and threatens the notion of an ideal democracy. 

They should be made an example of; like whipping a banana thieving monkey infront of it's influenced peers. I may not encourage an outright genocide of criminals, but I do think injustice should not be made fun of—and we, as a society, should be developing our nations instead of dividing ourselves by political parties, and work for the best interests of the people—

Like an actual democracy.

Image from this individual: Pinterest Person (Original: George Pig from hit show Peppa pig)