what do think about politics,is this really helpful for people?
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Sallu, thanks for answering my question. Politics is very useful to people. The nation we live in exists because it is built around laws and values the people support. Without police I would be afraid to go outside without a gun. Think more theoretical. Why don't terrorists blow up every city here? I mean are frisked everytime you leave your house? No. Politics is the governing body that has developed public safety. It is supposed to be built by the people it governs. Arguments happen so people can learn to understand one another and learn. It is okay to debate. You don't have to always be right but take time to learn. \nIts not politics that destroys people, its the media projecting it. Whether you are democrat or republican, you must admit the media slanders whomever is in office. Clinton almost got impeached and the media was all over it. Cheeny with the gun accident, oh they are having a hayday. Just be patient, listen close, and VOTE!!!
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I think it's means that in order to have an opinion about something, you have to know what you're talking about first.  For example, ask someone if they like a certain poltician.  Make sure it's one they know, even use President Bush if you have to.  A lot of people will give you a clear-cut yes or no answer.  Ask them why, and listen to all of the bogus excuses that most people will give you.  It's quite interesting to see how stupid and dishonest some people really are.
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Ohhh yes, definitely!!\n\nThat way we would have far more attractive politicians, political apathy would be a thing of the past and we get to see Simon Cowell's opinion of George Bush's public speaking!!!  \n\nWhats more, it keeps with history and lets us brits feel good that we once again are creating systems of government in far flung lands!!\n\n:P
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On the one hand, I applaud the concept of making every participate in our democracy.  No one should feel marginalized if they had a hand in electing their leader.\n\nOn the other hand, I am like a lot of the Founding Fathers who expressed severe doubts that the average person could make intelligent decisions.  I live in a typically middle class area where you would expect people would have the education and the interest in politics to understand the issues.  However, the amount of fallacious thinking I encounter is downright scary.\n\nI'd have to consider your idea further, but right now my gut tells me this: If someone isn't interested enough to vote of their own volition, how meaningful will making them put an "X" in Box-A, or Box-B ?  A lot of these people would know nothing about the candidates.  I think it would encourage candidates to "dumb down" their campaigns, and pander to certain groups.
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Polls are not a true indicator of the way people really feel about certain issues or problems because they can be directed to any response the person who writes them wishes.  Have you ever seen a poll?  It is really ridiculous.  How about this question:  Do you think President Bush is doing a good job?  A good job doing what?  It is so general it really comes down to whether you like the guy or not, and what political party you belong to.\nIt would be a good idea to have a poll, but it should be written by an independent source not affiliated with the US or middle eastern politics. Good question.
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Well that's a good idea it makes sense. That is the problem government and anything that makes sense doesn't go together.\nAnd plus your not really saying any thing new that is the basics of influencing speech. And all though it will work on most people it doesn't work in government. Government listens to one thing and one thing only POWER! if you have it they will listen if you don't they don't care how you say help me! Please do not let me discourage \nyou. Your heart and mind are in the right place. You are thinking, that is a beautiful thing in a world of ignorance.
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Life experiences.  My parents didn't care at all about politics.  Personal study hasn't changed my mind.  My religion doesn't discuss politics much either.
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I found lost of helpful tips on the issues which are interesting to me. But I have also learned about the psychology of people and how some ask questions but only want to hear opinions that are similar to theirs, how some others refuse to hear different opinions even if it makes sense and how to some people choosing to attack others and spreading false information is more important than investing their time to get some benefit. It's really amazing how some people make accounts for the sole reason of provoking, or offending other ones and then pretend they're under attack!
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just because everyone is doing it, it doesn't make it right.  \n\nPeople do things which are convenient to them.  And when it becomes convenient to many, it becomes popular.  What makes something important is what people view as important. Everything we do is for our OWN benefit.  People pay attention to things they think they would be good for them.  IT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS NECESSARILY RIGHT.\n\nwe must have good disgression to distinguish which are valid or useless popular opinions.  \n\nIf you were a dirty politician, you would be dying to be a popular choice, wouldn't you?\n\nGO AGAINST THE WIND.
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Although, I was born and brought up in Britain, I feel, increasingly,  that I am living amongst people who's attitudes and views I simply cannot share.\n\nYou refer to people, who, all too easily throw the word RACIST about. This childish name calling, of course, is designed to silence those who hold a differing view. It implies, that if you don't conform to the "right on " political agenda, your opinions are simply beneath contempt. Many people who behave like that simply do not understand that creating a climate of fear, in which people are afraid to discuss perfectly reasonable areas of concern or perhaps express an opinion, leads us toward totalitarianism.\n\nOf course, most people who behave like this are pursuing an ideological agenda, generally associated with left wing or liberal politics. Others, particularly younger people, may feel that it is chic to espouse what seems to be the fashionable view. It's safer that way, your less likely to look stupid and you don't have to think.\n\n I know that your primary concern is - why do people behave like this?\nIf you consider the influences that are operating over people today, particularly younger people, you will be less surprised. eg. We have a government that is radical, if not revolutionary, pursuing a feminist agenda. We have a media which is also doing its level best to indoctrinate its viewers into left wing and feminist politics. The educational system is doing an even better job, and has done so for many years, of indoctrinating students with its feminist and left of centre politics. I could go on and include, The legislature, The public sector, etc.\n\nI suspect that you are concerned about immigration. That subject, above all, invokes the word "Racist" It's that kind of response that makes me believe that I am not living amongst realists. Do you ever remember being asked by any political party - what your views on immigration are? Have you ever seen the subject  included in any of their manifestos. No! you have simply been presented with a Fait Accompli.\n\nWhat many people don't seem to understand, is, that the issue is not a personal one, I am sure, like you, that  I would get on perfectly well with most immigrants. But that is not the point. Managing a country is not personal: It has to be managed at the macro level in the long term interest of the country as a whole.\n\nIf you tried to put that point to Matthew  Wright of the "Wright Stuff". TV. programme. He would probably put the phone down on you. I have watched him do that sort of thing usually after sneering at the Daily Mail newspaper.\n\n We observe similar sneering on "Question Time" that other TV programme with a rather lefty bias.\n\nSorry, for banging on, but your question cannot be answered simplisticly, one has to try and describe  the circumstances which have given rise to the attitudes underlined by your question.
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by giving your views is an asset to anyone, being willing to help someone other then your self. Since this is for a school and you are willing to be on the committee is help with in it self .
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It depends, if you are attempting to get someone to lean to one side, or agree with your beliefs or ideas then it would be biased and therefore negative propaganda. If the cause is for something that benefits everyone and the message is delievered in a peaceful way, that would be positive I would say.
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I probably would. Might help you discussing and gaining opinions and answers on personal stuff...
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You might find it if you look in the right classifacation. This is politics.
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Just think about what issues you are for/against and learn what each party thinks about it.
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Its very simple, political beliefs are just like other beliefs, most of them are learned from parents, friends, and peers.  Many people don't even understand all of the facts surrounding and issue before forming an opinion on it.  In most cases becoming fully informed would take too much time.  Politics, like religion, become a core to our identities, and people feel that an attack on their political beliefs is an attack on themselves.  Its easy to become defensive when this happens.
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How else? All political theories are about the governance of human beings. You must have a psychological account of mans nature, regardless of psychological perspective, if you want a theory supported by facts and having predictive power.