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%POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS 850607
It is a perversion of the political process when
decisions are dominated by the desires and aspirations of
the participants to advance their personal interests
rather than be a dedication on their part to serve the
best interests of the community as a whole. Healthy
political considerations focus upon how to wisely allocate
scarce resources to promote personal and communal
integrity in balanced ways. Perverse political
considerations focus upon the use of the public trust and
power to advance the power and self-satisfaction of those
who have been entrusted with power.
"Politics" with its bad connotations is rooted in the
behavior of politicians which flow from their
consideration of their personal advantages and interests
at the expense of the communal advantages and interests.
The difference between wise political considerations and
selfish considerations is not always clear cut. To be an
effective political leader a person must make
accommodations and compromises. To acquire and retain
power to exercise on behalf of the constituency is part of
the responsibility of the effective political leader. The
retention of power is not just selfish. The earning of
respect is not just selfish. Both requires an appropriate
amount of conformity to political expectations. The
differences between responsible and irresponsible behavior
become rather fine. The differences can not be very clear
to the uninformed. Yet the reputation of political
leaders rest in such fundamental but fine differences.
The fundamental differences pertain to fundamental
motivations and transcendent ideals. Corrupt politicians
lose sight of transcendent ideals pertaining to personal
and communal integrity and integration, and permit selfish
or special interest motivations to dominate at the expense
of the public's general welfare. Corrupt politicians tend
to be people who have corrupted legalistic approaches to
questions of responsibility rather than sought the most
integrative patterns of behavior which creative minds can
envision. To them politics becomes a matter of technical
procedures, manipulations and controls; not a matter of
love.
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