Why is Politics Important?

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Why is Politics Important?

We have been asked why we are decreasingly involved with politics and political concerns; perhaps a better question would be why should we be more so?

We are a generation that learns from experience, that takes its truth not from the words of those in power, but rather from what we can observe with our own eyes and ears. We have been lied to countless times, in every way possible, and are starting to become jaded and indifferent to the entire thing. "When have I lied to you?" you ask, "When have I attempted to deceive you?" The deception you have offered lies not so much in intentional mistruth, but rather in things that we have seen, and it is a set of deceptions that we are reluctant to forgive you for.

We have been told that we live in a country where we are not judged by class or color, that we can be anything we want to be if we apply ourselves. But we have seen our brothers an...

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...ut massive restructuring of our political system. Perhaps a way to make it more realistic for the common people to take part by serving in office. That is, after all, what democracy is in the first place. Some way that we can take power without having millions of dollars at our disposal. All I ask is that if you expect us to take part in your games, that you at least give us a fair voice, and allow us to take the opportunities that we have been promised so many times before.

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