Political Change

[poliphilo]

We expect too much of politicians- hence our disillusionment. You can't change the human heart by act of parliament and it's the heart that needs to change.

Comments

[howlin-wolf-66.livejournal.com]

Is it too much to ask to expect them to be good people, in the first place? I don't think it's hard to be a good person...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Good people don't usually hunger for power- which means they're unlikely to get to the top in politics.

[tagryn]

I recall running across the idea that liberals believe that people can change and that appeals to their better aspects can result in rapid improvement, while conservatives take a much dimmer view of human nature - seeing it as basically unchangeable except over very long periods of time, and then only gradually.

I think there's historical evidence for both, really.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think that's broadly true.