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Originally Posted by PRBuzz
Just curious: why is the working assumption that "politics is broken"? Would no one out there say that politics is politics so it can't be broken?
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agreed, I thought about just posting the definition of politics
Politics (from Greek πολιτικός, politikos "of, for, or relating to citizens") is the process by which coercive power is legitimately applied. . It consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and refers to the regulation of public affairs within a political unit, and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.
it's often a cynical ploy or knee jerk reaction to claim something is "broken" and then crown yourself fixer of all that is broken, particularly if your intention is to replace what you say is "broken" with your own alternative product.....this is why historical context to refute current claims of "broken politics" and "unprecedented partisanship" is important....it has always been this way.....it is just as delusionally utopian to claim that you can solve the partisanship of politics(Washington or anywhere else) as it is to claim that you can provide better living through bigger government and less individual freedom ....the parts of the world that fancy themselves further along in the utopian dream are highly partisan and engage in remarkably coarse rhetoric and of course the places where you see the least partisanship would be those under totalitarian regimes
