Why Are People Such Kiss Asses to Politicians - It Is Pathetic Giving Away Personal Power Like That

Not long ago, an acquaintance started name-dropping local and regional politicians, as if I should be impressed that he knew them and was in contact with them. Personally, I say so what. Apparently, he has given up his personal power to a higher authority, a fake one, and is now worshipping political figures, but why? What I found odd was that he thought I should be impressed with him, simply for knowing and supposedly being on a first name basis with these folks. I am not, not even a little bit, so let's talk.

First, I've met a ton of politicians over the years, and I've found a good many of them to be quite conniving, manipulative, non-committal, and they had never met a person that they didn't pretend to like. Apparently, my acquaintance has low self-esteem and when a politician who in their mind is a pillar of society pays them any piece of mind, perhaps hoping to score some more campaign dollars for their war chest - all of a sudden they are overcome with self-confidence and feel empowered or something? Well, it was obvious that these politicians know how to play their would-be followers well enough.

Indeed, I suppose if these politicians gather enough followers they can muster up a small army of supporters to stay in power, all by convincing others to give them their personal power. Now then, we have a huge problem in our society when weak-minded people are joining Machiavellian driven politicians and aiding them in their political endeavors. Over the years, I've been to more political parties than I care to count and each time everyone tries to make a beeline for a photo-op or to talk with the politician - it's really pathetic when you think about it.

These folks are no better than anyone else, even our founding fathers noted we should have a government made up of citizens, not people who were above the fray, or considered themselves elitists or better than everyone else. Still, look what we've become? We have people worshipping the power seekers, hoping that some of that power will rub off on them too. Meanwhile, those politicians hold our taxpayers money for ransom using crony capitalist flows to those who do their bidding and fund their campaigns - the system is rotten, and it's all of our faults, especially people like my acquaintance. Please consider all this and think on it.