The Israeli political situation seems worse than it has been for years. As I wrote not long ago, I'm pretty disgusted with the lack of idealism in MKs of today. Instead of being willing and wanting to serve the citizens of the State of Israel, idealism is far behind the opportunism and "gimme, gimme,""I want" you hear from those elected.Just the thought of another election campaign after the worst one in my memory makes me sick.
So far, I just can't get excited and optimistic. I also haven't a clue as to which party I'll support or vote for.
For as long as I can remember, I've always loved politics and found it very fascinating. But politics have changed. Not only have campaigns become really nasty, off topic and very negatively personal, losers try to delegitimize winners. In my youth we'd call them "sore losers." Today instead of losing with dignity and recognizing that democracy doesn't guarantee the results you may have dreamt of, losers try to galvanize the judicial to jail or impeach the winner. This is happening in the United States and Israel.
Sorry for this depressing post. What do you think?
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| I feel sorry for the youth. They expect to get paid for things we did as volunteers. They are for sale, rather than like us idealists of olde. |