Introduction dispensable.
Every day, we like it or not, live with events, situations and circumstances that fall within the realm of "politics." We sometimes go unnoticed, but they are there and even more: they affect our lives in a direct way no matter who we are or where you live. On the one hand, the circus activities Members Senators and other "professional politicians" are just the most visible, and sometimes ridiculous, what we mean by politics. These public agreements or in the shadows, these electoral alliances, these debates a bawdy, the calculated murder of such a candidate, those shots of rostrum, that photo with this or that union leader, these discussion forums, etc., etc., often both tired and bored, then translated into the new tax on gasoline or beer in the protection of that governor to his misdeeds, in promoting an agenda other than security, the new government social program in the design country's economic and in terms ample, in the definition of country we are building. Furthermore, ideally the company does not play a passive or reactive role in politics, but can also (some would say "must") is concerned with the "public", press the rulers when they do not keep their promises, punish or reward them vote, to propose alternatives to public problems, and so on. It is not just to march, protest and make scandal when something directly affects my interests, which also tends to get tired and alienate people from politics, but try to understand what is happening, listen to the arguments of others and reflect on how they could solve this specific problem. Of course, that in the ideal world. Anyway, in Roe, apathy, ignorance, or weariness, citizens have found an easy way to justify our wrongs and across the country. "It's the fault of politicians," he often said. And it is true, but it is not so simple.
As already mentioned, so try this spot is from a story or tale of an everyday situation, generate reflections on the political situation in Mexico and show that, as the title the next post,
POLITICAL WE ALL
(Here begins the real post)
By Ana Cinthya Uribe ( @ lunacronopio )
Little talked politics at home. My paternal grandfather, a curator of fear, said he had to vote for the Cock Party - and I do not remember his name, but it must have been ultra-conservative. Little more. From time to time in family meals, long rants about how all politicians were corrupt and horrible and rich and got rich with taxpayer money. And then laughter or covert criticism that bad Uncle architect who was responsible for some public works in the city: well paid, making sure to run everything with the cheapest material and take as long as possible.
As for the politics in school, was something a little strange. Had "elections" for the queen of spring and the girl who won was not the prettiest, nor the most sympathetic, even the barber with the teachers - was one whose parents had more money and managed to sell more boletitos for the carnival. Total: all seemed a bargain.
But it was not. College-educated nuns strangely aware, enter the nineties trying to fully understand the "democratic" system of the country. We talk about the things you could do if used well the votes. Bounce heard things crash, I attended a couple of discussions among the friends of my parents ... I started thinking about how it was that one became a politician and then, of course, president.
illusion to me to be president - the first president of the country, of course. Do not know why, but it was nice that "working for Mexico." In 94, my sister civics teacher told us about the recovery of their citizenship, how for the first time since he took the habit could vote, how important could ... Then, fifteen years, I saw the country reeling from a murder. "That man looked like a good man," my mother said while watching television amazed, again and again, with scenes of Colosio falling behind.
Total - the next time and I had to vote. And in high school I met with typical communist to the bone (which, incidentally, now working for the government of the PAN), with those who believed in the importance of continuity of the PRI and those who voted and who was nothing to more to have a different party in power. I saw growing up in the rumor, the momentum, at school and at home. Suddenly, vote again have a reason to be. After the explosions in Guadalajara, too, and the bad management that had made this local authority, was so important to vote ...
went to vote. A man who, nevertheless, did not follow necessarily the most classic way to politics - had been a businessman and director of an MNC. We were all: my parents, my grandparents, I ... even my younger brothers to the "feast of democracy" that had mounted IFE. I returned to the editorial work. There celebrated the victory of the change.
I knew change would not be immediate. Sensed by that which is not possible to break the inertia of a sudden - but after a while I thought it did not break any. And I kept wondering how you became one of those despicable politicians, a president without major change capabilities.
Then I saw it clear: we are all politicians. As I said the other day Gezeta, no way to be apolitical of all, we make decisions that affect us and others. But at the end of the day, I guess it's easier to have a sub-race which had been detected and put them all the blame ... as if they had inherited a kingdom that have no access.
I think the most important to me of politics now is the need not to feel helpless before it. I do not want to be president of the republic, but I want you to those who took the policy as a profession produce results - and hopefully cure my doctor when I get a Gripon. My job, I think, is developing as a conscious policy and demanding public. And, returning again to Gezeta , voting as a lark horse with only one alleged ideology in the head (you know that ideologies are exchanged for votes). Voting based on proposals and follow the same: keep in office who get results. Not those who have so much time there that we can think how we could throw them.
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