Politics 1: Sociopathy is a political asset.

If only it were this painful for them, too. For me at least, politics are hell to follow and discuss with anyone. What I hate most is the staggering ignorance and stupidity on the side of the politicians, the general public and most so-called intelligent people. Last week's Dutch elections were quite interesting, but the discourse around it was just absurd, as per usual. Hence, a theme week:

Politicians are constantly involved in the pursuit of power, things like principles, ideals and even money are secondary concerns, if at all. The fact that so many of them drop out at some point prior to retirement should be a dead giveaway. What happens to these people after their political careers? Often they end up in powerful positions in public or private life, quite often considerably more powerful than they were. Politics isn't exactly an end goal. It's what you do before you become really powerful. Take this into account and their cynical behaviour becomes remarkably clear. There are some gormless idealists that end up in this industry, but they either don't get very far, or don't last very long. They are just so much grist for the mill of someone else's ambition.