I recently had this chat with a friend of mine, when the friend said about not being much interested in what is happening in current politics. I gave an explanation, after which my friend agreed with me. That person is quite aware and intelligent otherwise, and understood my point exactly.
But there are many people who write things like "I hate politics", "**** politics". These people do not vote and this is what gives our politicians the freedom to do anything.
Consider a situation where there are 100 voters. To get elected, a person would need 2/3rd i.e. 67 votes and would thus have to convince 67 people to vote for him/her. But if out of these 100, 90 don't vote, then only 10 voters would remain, and just 7 people need to be convinced! Isn't it easier to appease 7 people than to appease 67?
This is why we get many unrighteous legistlators and MPs.
Our chat was however, limited to taking interest in what is going on in country, it is as follows:
Friend:m really not much interested in politics like u...its ok till sm xtent.
Abhinav Dhere:"No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs" - Dr Mohammad Hamid Ansari (VP)a highly educated ex Indian Foreign Service(IFS) officer, and current Vice President has said this
Friend: i told till sm xtent m fine wid it.
Abhinav Dhere: accha ye baatao, ye right 2 recall ke baare me tumhara kya opinion hai?
Friend: i support it.
Abhinav Dhere: and why so?
Friend: we should have that much right to reject the elected candidate who is not deserving
Abhinav Dhere: and what about the ill-effects of this bill?
Friend: elaborate
Abhinav Dhere: does this bill have any problems?
Friend: i don't have much idea on this subject
Abhinav Dhere:
ye to vahi baat ho gayi na jo main kal bol raha tha, regarding Lokpal bill. We reach to conclusions too fast
Friend: i don't reach to conclusions if i don't have any clue wat that thing is.
Abhinav Dhere: but u just did. U said u support it then u said i don't have much idea on this subject
Friend: :P
i had just read about anna hazare in the newspaper n his ideas n i liked it..dats y i said dat dnt know how they said there are ill effects too
Abhinav Dhere: ryt...that's what happens...we believe on those media sources which give news like Minister's cat missing and who blow news for their publicity but we don't try to analyse ourself and this is exactly the drawback with RTR.If a news gets spread about a political party or politician it will spread like a wildfire. Most ppl wud believe it without verifying and go ahead to remove them. Result? Instability, share market crashes and no govt getting enough time 2 even do anythingWhat is election? Isn't it right to recall? Didn't Biharis recall Lalu Yadav and appoint Nitish Kumar?
Friend: yeah they did
Abhinav Dhere: phir?
aur kuch time to milna zaruri hai na isliye constitution me 5 saal ka time diya gaya hai so that the govt has a chance to work if they have intention to do so. And if they don't work in even 5 yrs, we can be certain to remove them in elections. Now, do you see the trouble? Do u agree with me?
Friend: hmmm..politics join kar lo
Abhinav Dhere: kyu?
Friend: itna knowledge h ye sb k baare me or sbka bhala b chahte ho toh achhe ideas formulate karoge hi
Abhinav Dhere: itna knowledge to saari general public ko hona chahiye jabi to hum democracy ko sambhal payenge maine abhi quote kiya tha na no citizen is apolitical agar nahi chahiye democratic rights to KSA ya PRC chale jaovaha sab govt ki chalti haiu won't have to think about politics then
P.S. KSA= Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
PRC= People's Republic of China
Friend: not everybody share similar interests... its good dat u take interest in knowing bout all this.. many ppl don't. I just know which party is doing good work and which is not. I don't go in too much depth. U can call it being ignorant. but i really can't b too much involved in this.. no offence
Abhinav Dhere: No need 2 be "too much involved"...but jo log humpe rule kar rahe hai, vo kar kya rahe hai ye dekhna to zaruri hai na? Agar hum nahi dekhenge to kaun dekhega? batao?
Friend: i know... but itne corrupt h ye log ki har din scandals, bribe k baare me parh k sb hate karne lage k politics ko..or kisi pe vishwaas b nhi rha. so ppl have stopped taking interest. specially youngsters.
Abhinav Dhere: aur yahi to problem create kar raha hai suppose u own a firm aur tumhare employees kaamchor hai corrupt hai to tum unko nikal doge, right? aur agar dusre candidates bhi sab vaise hi ho...business chalana bhi zaruri ho to what wud u do?keep an eye on them and ensure that they work,hai ki nahi?
Friend:right
Abhinav Dhere:bas yahi baat desh ke case me bhi hai they r actually employed by us don't we pay them through taxes? we appoint them, we pay them, they work for us! So aren't they our employees? And we have seen that they all are corrupt and kaamchor So we have 2 ensure that they work by keeping an eye on them and scolding them (through protests)and finally through sacking them in next elections...and there are so many owners, so the decision has to be unanimous and all must participate
Friend: hmmm
agree
Abhinav Dhere: Of course ur studies r more imp but jo time waste hota hai yaha vaha, usme kuch time in cheezo ke liye to de sakte ho na?no need to focus on scams or crime news but parliament me kya ho raha hai kaunse laws ban rahe hai kaunse politicians actually useless hai aur finally most imp hum kis tarah democratically change la sakte hai!
Are we in agreement finally?
Friend:definitely...
P.S. The chat has been edited only to remove name of my friend (for obvious privacy reasons), and to correct spacing, punctuation marks etc.
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