Politics:power and its politicians.
Politics serve power.and so since we all serve power we are all politicians. One reason power is so appealing is because it rewards, it is always power that gets you what you want. Indeed power rewards those who serve it with prestige which can be summed up as benefit relevant to you. It gives you a network, a network gives you resources, resources give you influence, and it's a primal need to want to rule. Society is after all organised around thrones, which necessitates rulers as the crowns on various thrones. But politics is one of the three basic forms of conflict, the other two being war and negotiation, and so politics tends towards competition and ocassionaly violence. This violence is more effective when psychological than physical, for politics is not war. The difference matters, for it marks the effective politician from the hooligan. You require alot of depth to be an effective politician, ability to understand your specific political environment and i...
