Sometimes I listen to what people moan about in their leaders and I just think they're all jumping on the bandwagon without being fully-informed.
Typical moan: "X didn't consult us about decision Y".
Response: If X is in "POWER" that means they have been given a mandate to make lots and lots and lots of decision on society's behalf. If you want to be consulted about decision Y, they won't have time to make all of the decisions. Sounds like you're secretly wanting to be in charge yourself, or peeved because X didn't do things the way you would have.
Next time, run for X's job instead of whining, please.
Typical moan: "X is ruining our society".
Response: We the public are generally not privy to a tenth of the hard decisions X had to make. We know very little of the facts. We don't have a clue what bargaining happened behind closed doors to make that decision. And besides that, why would an elected official X deliberately try to *ruin* the place they live in? Wouldn't that be suicide? Wouldn't that cause them problems personally? Sounds like X's decisions negatively affected YOU personally, so you're being selfish.
Next time, run for X's job instead of whining, please.
Typical moan: "X lied!"
Response: Yes, lying is "bad". And yes, leaders lie on a regular basis. Why? Because they have to make hard decisions that may negatively affect many many people. But at the same time, a whole bunch of other people - possibly not you - will benefit. And leaders notoriously don't want to say anything that makes *anybody* unhappy. We have a rock, and we have a hard place. So if you can think of a better way of making a decision that makes *everybody* happy without lying, then
perhaps next time you can run for X's job instead of whining?
Typical moan: "X made such a stupid decision with Y..."
Response: Generally, elected leaders are from the most highly-educated group in any society. They also are generally senior citizens who have done some real living, and more often than not they've had successful careers (lawyers, academics and business executives tend to be the leading previous careers). That tells me they're probably pretty smart. Smarter than I'd say most of the people they are voted into power by. So a "dumber" person calling a "smarter" person's decions "dumb"...seems a bit, er dumb. If you're so smart,
perhaps next time you can run for X's job instead of whining.
Typical moan: "Legislation N is BAD!"
Response: You mean bad for you? Bad for people you know? Bad for everybody? How do you define bad, again?
In democratic politics, there is no "bad" and "good", no bad people and good people, no bad decisions and no good decisions. When you have more than 2 people to govern, any decision you make will benefit 1 person more than another. No blanket legislation will be equally good for everybody - unless the legislation is infinitely long and deals with each individual's concerns in person. So just accept, some piece of legislation may not benefit you the most at this stage in your life in your particular neighbourhood at your particular salary level at your particular job, but for many others it's a great thing. Unless, of course,
next time you can re-write legislation N yourself to perfect it, instead of whining...
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