Political Apathy is a Zero-Sum Game
"I don't like politics so I just keep off it."
I love how from that statement, politics sounds like a mutually respectful relationship that will leave you alone if you're not interested.
I need to learn to read political posts I am not comfortable with. We find ourselves, through our upbringing, politically swayed towards one side of the divide,unknowingly. Sometimes, what we think is rationale is post-justification of our choices to make them sound well thought out. I think you should learn to do so,too. A lot of what we think we know is a lie based to perpetuate the status quo.
I love how from that statement, politics sounds like a mutually respectful relationship that will leave you alone if you're not interested.
I need to learn to read political posts I am not comfortable with. We find ourselves, through our upbringing, politically swayed towards one side of the divide,unknowingly. Sometimes, what we think is rationale is post-justification of our choices to make them sound well thought out. I think you should learn to do so,too. A lot of what we think we know is a lie based to perpetuate the status quo.
We need to more effectively communicate the connection between politics
and people's everyday struggles and only then will we have a more
civically engaged populace.
That's one of the most complex tasks for political communication. This isn't just to the lower income cadre as commonly perpetuated in the wrung out and fossilised school of thought that preaches on middle-class apathy. The impact of the middle class on anti-corruption crusades and online and offline action that has led to tangible change in our country is well-documented, if you look for it. We need to harness the resources and the access of the rich, the mobility and education of the middle class and the numbers and faith-like belief of the poor of politics ability to change their lives, to complete the loop.
We need to be politically aware literally because our lives depend on it. Our economy is currently in a free-fall right now. There are retrenchments left,right and also in Central and Rift Valley,would you believe? Leadership is the bedrock of any nation and we have no choice but to figure out how to make it work. I am interested in our national prosperity, have mixed-feelings about the ability of voting to change things but I am fully aware that apathy is a zero-sum game.
That's one of the most complex tasks for political communication. This isn't just to the lower income cadre as commonly perpetuated in the wrung out and fossilised school of thought that preaches on middle-class apathy. The impact of the middle class on anti-corruption crusades and online and offline action that has led to tangible change in our country is well-documented, if you look for it. We need to harness the resources and the access of the rich, the mobility and education of the middle class and the numbers and faith-like belief of the poor of politics ability to change their lives, to complete the loop.
We need to be politically aware literally because our lives depend on it. Our economy is currently in a free-fall right now. There are retrenchments left,right and also in Central and Rift Valley,would you believe? Leadership is the bedrock of any nation and we have no choice but to figure out how to make it work. I am interested in our national prosperity, have mixed-feelings about the ability of voting to change things but I am fully aware that apathy is a zero-sum game.
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