On Politics. I'm Thinking Uhhh?

In general, my vision of politics means power.  It is the power that hovers over every individual whether it is wanted or needed, helpful, or destructive.  The political world we live in controls a majority of life outcomes people face every day.  The control is set through policies (politics=policy) which are enforced by specific groups of people globally.  These specific groups of people refer to as the "government officials" or those involved in the process. They make up the system and the system makes up the entire basis of rules that must be followed by the citizens of whatever country, city or state. 

Of course, a definition means little to me.  It is a definition which I feel is simple, and that leans closer to my own political opinions.  I personally feel as though I relate to the ideals of anti-establishmentarianism.  What I find most interesting about anti-establishmentarianism is that the same attitude it conveys has been practiced by people for over a large period of time.  The term made it's way in the 1960s due to the complete frustration of war and the control over the people, but was found much earlier history for many of the same reasons (holocaust as an example).  The idea is that no matter what historical period, and to no matter what similarities and differences these periods produced, the political system has obviously failed its people in one way or another.  Otherwise, why would there be the development of anti-establishmentarianism to begin with? (by the way, anti-establishmentarianism happens to be one of the longest words in the dictionary... if you didn't already notice. Also, I only truly added this last bit to use the word anti establishmentarianism a couple more times.) 

What baffles me about politics is the way in which it aims to create conflict.  As if we don't have enough conflict to begin with, we decide to create competition between parties which we see as a conflict almost daily.  The problem is that with political competition comes pride and with pride comes stubbornness. So now we have a load of stubborn people walking around the world. No one can figure out how to agree to reasonable and compassionate resolves about important issues in our shared lives. 

It's the "shared lives" that really triggers the insanity in politics for me. I can't seem to realize why we place divide both locally and globally when we all have to ultimately deal with the consequences our world faces.  I feel it has a lot to do with the competition but more closely it has to do with the attitudes that have been ingrained in people overtime.  I believe we are all people of power in our own right, and we feel strong about what we individually want and need.  However we lose focus with the fact that if we create one solution, it ends up a problem somewhere else, regardless of whether we attained what we wanted and/or needed. WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST LIVE WITH THE BASICS? GROW A BIT SLOWER, AND MAYBE PICK UP THE FALLEN? Ah, but those questions will always remain just "those kinda questions" ya know? 

As hippie as most of this may sound, I am not trying to entirely set myself apart from reality.  As things are currently, I am always willing to let my mind open up to the positive outcomes that politics can create.  I do not completely hate the system and feel like it should be terminated, because that would destruct more than it would improve anything. What is done has been done over a long period of time and can only introduce a complete change once the world is ready and willing. So, for now I will ride the wave and actively share the ideas and opinions I have when appropriate. I'll vote for who I feel is the best bet (because let's face it, if we have to live by these rules than I might as well vote for who may make my life better or worse) and watch them turn the tables and flip the political world upside down. I'll experience how it feels to have inconvenience and stress in my life due to their policies, and then I'll watch them move on along so someone else can come and turn everything over... again.