Understanding politics is too complex for most people I know

[NNN0LHI]

And it is not because they are stupid, or lazy, or ignorant. It is nothing like that. It is because most people do not have the time to learn how politics really works. They have jobs, kids and other commitments that are on their mind constantly. So they are forced to decide how to vote mainly from political headlines they see in the news or what they hear from friends. They don't have time for the actual content beneath those headlines. Now they may take the time to research one political subject that really interests them. I have seen that happen. But they will ignore the rest. Be great if it wasn't this way, but it is. No way to change this.

Reason I was involved in politics so soon in life was because of our union. Our union wanted us to spend the time to understand politics because they knew how important that was.

Don

[BanTheGOP]

1. Politics is simple, but unfortunatly, so is oppression

Politics is simple. It is when people get together to discuss, sometimes, passionately, the issues of the day, as well as vote on them. For the most part, though, criminal activity such as theft of productive rights and planetary destruction, which should not even be PART of any rational discussion on politics.

Unfortunately, we have a party which exists solely on the expansion and proliferation of those criminal activities. The fact that wealth transfer from the productive workers to the non-productive "owners" is proof enough that such activity cannot be politicized, yet the GOP is financed by that very criminal effect. In addition, the planet is being destroyed by those same owners who, under the allowance of political discourse vis a vis the GOP, are allowed to conduct such a destructive effort to the point where life on earth is utterly at risk of survival.

THIS is not politics. And we must not allow such an organization to flaunt itself under the guise of politics. This is a criminal organization, through and through, and as such, has no bearing nor no moral compass in which we should abide by its decisions.

The American republican Party MUST be destroyed. Once we do that, the politics becomes simple again...as it should.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

2. It shouldn't be difficult. You vote. Then, for your own good, the elected bail-out the super-rich

with your credit card.

[Lionessa]

3. Most I talk to simply feel too politically impotent to care, and just keep repeating past

voting. They do seem to understand that the pols and gov't and congress are alll bought and paid for, but no matter who we elect, status quo continues. Is it complicated, not really, it's just so corrupt that complications are created in order to essentially disenfranchise most of their constituents, legally.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. "All politics is local." Tip O'Neill

Most folks don't give a rip about politics. They're far more concerned about their jobs, their bills, their kids, enjoying life.

They go through most of their lives without seeing their lives change much no matter which of the two establishment parties are in power.

[treestar]

5. They have time

If they really want to. They are not forced to vote with little information. Information is widely available. There is no excuse for this kind of thing - they just don't care, and things don't ever get bad enough for them to look beyond their own noses.

[Swede]

6. People are not interested in politics,that is why.

They find it boring. Money and business they also find boring. They want to be enteretained. That's just the way it is.

[NNN0LHI]

7. I find politics entertaining

I have a bunch of other hobbies, fishing, hiking, etc. but politics is my favorite.

Don

[Swede]

8. I agree.

Politics is vastly more interesting than Jersey Shore or any other thing we get bombarded with every day.

[lunatica]

9. It has to do with how wide your circle of awareness is

By that I mean what you care about. If you're the type of person who cares only for people you know then you don't ponder on the connection between politics and what happens to them. You think about the things that have a direct impact on their lives only. If they lose their jobs very few people see beyond that loss, or what caused it other than vague terms like "downsizing" or moving the company away. Yet still politics isn't considered as being part of it.

You have to feel some sort of kinship or connection to humanity as a whole in order to see that things are connected. Then you can understand that what happens on the opposite side of the planet can affect you. Then is when people begin to understand politics and just how profoundly it affects our everyday lives.

Invariably people who understand politics are people who see, or try to see the larger picture of cause and effect. You must expand your circle of awareness to encompass the rest of humanity that you don't know directly.

[dimbear]

10. Most of what people know is lies. What I know is true, of course, but some times I wonder.

It's complicated for a reason.