pam on Nostr: I’ve often wondered how one becomes all left or all right. Who boxed you in? ...

I’ve often wondered how one becomes all left or all right. Who boxed you in?

There’s always policies and principles and sound leadership that might lead you to pick sides.

But there’s also this aspect of human nature, this innate desire to want to belong, which often leads to fully embracing something while suppressing those who are not part of it. Other tendencies include following the crowd, herd mentality, loyalty, hype and sensation.

It’s the same everywhere. When you are aligned to one, it’s simpler to notice the fault of the other.

Politicians always know how to play their game - they pull you in, they piss on the other and before you know it, you are agreeing to all of their ways. Who wins ? They do. They always do.

It took me a lot of reading of history and understanding how the world works to realise how jaded I was and to pull myself out of this equation, and not be a die hard fan of a party, of any sides, nor any politician.

But - so as long as we are democracy, we have to pick sides.

So who do we pick?

This time around, don’t pick a party or left or right. Instead, pick one who serves you best, based on what you need and believe in, as how it should be. As how they should be.

You should not be boxed in - they should not box you in. That’s their easy way out.

It’s time for governments everywhere to start learning to speak to their people and understand what their people want if they want to represent them.

And over time, you will see hatred and extremism between parties reducing. Because it was never about the people. It was always about politicians and power. It’s time to changed that