The Government

The government is going to always to fail. With that said, one says that in the nicest sense possible. Governments have a very difficult job, they have a job that is supposed to please everyone or make their life: better, safer, happier, wealthier, and healthier. Just listing the things that the government is trying to do, you can understand that before they even start they are going to fail.

Our expectations of government is unreal, we expect the government to make us healthy when even doctors cannot do that. We expect the government to make us wealthy even when finances companies cannot. We expect the government to raise our kids when even parents who love them cannot. We expect the government to do the impossible and we are surprised that the government has a problem, when the problem really is that we have sought them to fix every problem. 

With that said, it is really no surprise that we are disappointed with our governments. However, the government is made out of people. Very real people. People with hopes, dreams, and naturally failures. Governments, despite the picture they paint are very fallible human beings, which is a danger. A danger not to just the people they serve but to themselves. 

However, this danger is not entirely their fault. When people vote or pick a voice that they like, they usually pick it for what they want to hear, not because it is right or wrong, but because they want it. 

This leads to the whole honest politician problem, the problem where they lie, and then lie some more. The problem though, is that they are lying not just because they are dishonest, but because that is the only way anyone can win an election. People only want to hear what they want. If politicians were honest, no one would vote for them. People want to hear that things can be done, even if it's untrue.

It just seems ridiculous though, lets say someone was voted in because they could build good transport. Roads are expensive or any transport method when building. Furthermore they take a lot of time and people. So for instance, if politician promised he/she would build this infrastructure, they probably can start something, but to see its end? Most unlikely, three or four years in power is just not long enough. Especially if you lose the next election because things didn't happen quick enough for the people.

Although, we may not like everything in the government or the government that was voted in, cut them a bit of slack and understand that a government has an impossible job. They have to fight against the people who they serve, and they have to fight against the people who are hired to be their enemies, by the very same people they serve.

The problem with the government is very much the problem of the people. Even people who claim it's their right to complain they are very much of the problem that they complain about. Complaining does nothing, but in the strictest sense, it causes unrest and actually stops any progress, because the people who could be changing the world for the better, are only complaining. 

While complaining about the government is a really fun past time, it is important to understand that the government is what it is because of us too. Meaning really, as the government needs change, we as a whole society need to change. So if the government is going to change, society and ourselves need to change first.