"I do not get involved in politics, but then complaint if things do not go well"

[GideonGono]

I am one of those people who also avoids politics,
But complaint if things didn't go well.
I just don't want to waste my energy on debating about something that wouldn't really be helpful or useful to me.
Besides I am not really interested about it.

[GiftedMAN]

A friend of mine once told me "if you do not do politics, they will do politics to you". Politics are mostly distasteful - arguments, propaganda, politicians creating problems for their gain and trying to radicalize people to their side. There is probably nothing clean anywhere in the political arena.

However, as disgusting as they are, the option of not getting involved does not work. You need to defend your interests and make sure that the politicians of your country know that you are watching and that you will hold them to account.

The same goes for me here, I wasn't going out to vote during the election in my country since I was 18 years old, you are only eligible to vote and be voted for when you are 18 years and above. Secondly, I was having this thought that my vote will never count but all that changed when I realized that things get worse when we don't get involved in the politics of our state or country. I believe the best way to stand out against bad leadership or government is by coming out bold to play politics in a good way, be a good example of a good politician, don't fold your arms and watch those selfish politicians and  their political parties destroy your countries economy.

[teosanru]

A friend of mine once told me "if you do not do politics, they will do politics to you". Politics are mostly distasteful - arguments, propaganda, politicians creating problems for their own gain and trying to radicalise people to their side. There is probably nothing clean anywhere in the political arena.

However, as disgusting as they are, the option of not getting involved does not really work. You need to defend your interests and make sure that the politicians of your country know that you are watching and that you will hold the to account.

Politics is not just the national or state of government politics. I think politics and mankind are really two inseparable things, humans will always be involved in poltics no matter if it's within family, your workplace or entire national politics. Because you always have to defend your interests which can only be done if you take sides and be smart enough to do politics. People who say they are not into politics are just ignoring this fact and importance of politics. And you are absolutely right when it comes to national politics protection of your interest and your thinking is very important and eventually it will come back to you if you do not become a part of it.

[franky1]

A friend of mine once told me "if you do not do politics, they will do politics to you". Politics are mostly distasteful - arguments, propaganda, politicians creating problems for their own gain and trying to radicalise people to their side. There is probably nothing clean anywhere in the political arena.

However, as disgusting as they are, the option of not getting involved does not really work. You need to defend your interests and make sure that the politicians of your country know that you are watching and that you will hold the to account.

it also helps to know how to defend/ argue/get heard.

politicians know that there is a set avenue people are suppose to follow to get things heard and mentioned in the capital building/parliament/political centre.

however media will tell people not how to do it right. but instead tell people to just chant and scream in a empty street(protest) and hope to get heard

lobby groups know better. you never see a formal lobby group do 'peaceful protest' chanting on a street.

..
so here are some lessons.
1. petition your representatives.
dont chant on a street. instead set up a petition.
get enough local signatures from citizens, enough to actually make the representative feel unease if they stay quiet/ignore the issue being petitioned.. and post the petitions to the representative.
(cant ignore it that way)

force your local representative to read and respond. hold them to their response. if the response is negative then petition them again showing your hand that you have X people that wont vote for them if they dont change their way.
repeat for each regions representative until you have enough representatives falling into line.

2. then petition the capital/parliament to be heard. and to get representatives to draw up a new law or policy that caters to the peoples needs. heck even send them a draft law/policy for them to copy and paste.

3. when they submit a potential law/policy. if they have changed it from the ones the citizens want to see. petition them again to alter it.

(thats the way to do it without bribing representatives)

[CryptocurencyKing]

A friend of mine once told me "if you do not do politics, they will do politics to you". Politics are mostly distasteful - arguments, propaganda, politicians creating problems for their own gain and trying to radicalise people to their side. There is probably nothing clean anywhere in the political arena.

However, as disgusting as they are, the option of not getting involved does not really work. You need to defend your interests and make sure that the politicians of your country know that you are watching and that you will hold the to account.

Unfortunately, this has been the case for most persons and when I mean most persons, I am very much included. Politics is such a dirty and detestful scumbag that we often shy away from and don't which to be affiliated or associated with but, it very much affects our daily lives as we can't escape the problems that emerges off this. We ought to participate but somehow, the 'How' becomes the issue.
One thing I have come to realise is, we've got a right to a change the government at certain times and somehow, we ofte don't use them. Vote in elections and ensure credibility within your units so the peoples choice gets to emerge and you better suck it up for the whole tenor.

[Moneyprism]

Yes, politics is a part of our life.. we can't ignore politics,, even if we don't participate in active political activities, but we also have to be able to voice our opinion and protest against something that is wrong, whether it's participating in demonstrations or voicing it via social media

[Rockstarguy]

Most politicians are not pure , their only aim is to fight for what benefits their interests. Because of the insincerity character that politicians exhibit, most common citizens have giving up in politics,  they don't care about anything concerning politics, even coming out to vote to choose who they want as leader does not mean anything.  Despite the kind of behaviour we see from our politicians we shouldn't give up to come out to choose who will want as leader, because if anything still go wrong in the government the politicians will still be blame, so it will be better for everyone to not loose concern in politics.

[Newlifebtc]

Politics is a game of interest and the system of it have changed this time around because they believe on selection through the existing politicians who is already in seat so our vote does not count for certain countries so therefore any country that the citizens vote count normally choose a rightful president but country that the citizens don't have say they will choose for you and whoever that is in the nation without your vote count

[minime0105]

A friend of mine once told me "if you do not do politics, they will do politics to you". Politics are mostly distasteful - arguments, propaganda, politicians creating problems for their own gain and trying to radicalise people to their side. There is probably nothing clean anywhere in the political arena.

However, as disgusting as they are, the option of not getting involved does not really work. You need to defend your interests and make sure that the politicians of your country know that you are watching and that you will hold them to account.

Everybody must not be a politician or involved in politics for things to get better, and we have  the right to complain, disagree and protest when things aren't going well in our country due to bad governance or ineffective representation. It is the right of every citizen of a country to speak up when the so-called politicians are stealing funds that ought to be used for infrastructures because when we don't speak up , our voices won't be a weapon to them anymore because they may be in the position but our comice and noise will always remind them that we are watching them.

[Desmong]

Politics is not for everyone and we have the right to complain if anything goes wrong with the person we put on the seat. Since everybody can not be a politician and we can not at the same time compete for who will seat on the seat, then we have the liberty to complain and ask questions when ever things goes wrong with the politicians that are on the seat. This is democratic and it is time for everyone to voice out their opinion.

[Yawa2020]

The term politics itself has always been a victim of misinterpretation. It's actually not what many people think of it to be. You might agree or not, but the fact remains that you're either doing politics or politics is doing you. It's all about making decisions. Hence, politics is what we do daily.

[rahmad2nd]

A friend of mine once told me "if you do not do politics, they will do politics to you". Politics are mostly distasteful - arguments, propaganda, politicians creating problems for their own gain and trying to radicalise people to their side. There is probably nothing clean anywhere in the political arena.

However, as disgusting as they are, the option of not getting involved does not really work. You need to defend your interests and make sure that the politicians of your country know that you are watching and that you will hold the to account.

yes what you said I totally agree, politics is disgusting including politics to destroy the crypto market there are many rumors for this. especially state politicians, most of them are really disgusting in politics there is no eternal enemy that lasts is group interests. but somehow I have to be involved at least for my own sake.