In order for any society to make the most progress for that society, there has to be some sort of reasonable consensus that those that are the people of that society, so agree upon, and therefore it is those policies that the people should collectively engage upon, in order, therefore, for that progress to best occur. That is to say, while each one of us is going to have our own ideas about what we so desire or wish to occur for society – we have to take into fair account that other people are equally entitled to have their say, as well. This thus means that having a debate or a discussion about public policy, most certainly has its proper place, along with the fact, that governments should indeed have politicians or something similar in form, which fairly serve to represent the people in regards to that governance, in whole.
It seems that what we see far too often in today’s political atmosphere, is not only a lot of anger and incivility expressed from one person to another, or from one position point to another, or from one political party to the other – but that the political atmosphere of America has devolved into factions, with major political parties that seem to be at loggerheads with one another, on a daily basis. Perhaps this is the way that it has to be, in the sense, that those that feel strongly about something, should be reluctant to cede ground to anyone or anything. Yet, in consideration that the government of this country, is supposed to have been created for the expressed benefit of the people of this nation, and of which, those that are our political leaders, have a Constitutional duty to be in lockstep with the consent of the people of such actions so taken; then, it could be argued that partisan politics would seem to add unnecessary drama to those thus truly seeking, essentially, a construct that provides them with fair opportunity, justice, and liberty, above all.
A nation that has lost its vision, is quite clearly not going to know where it really is, and often doesn’t even know its true destination. In other words, there needs to be some abiding document, that represents the guiding light of all that those that governed this nation, can agreed upon – of which, that document is the Constitution of the United States, along with its Declaration of Independence, which was the impetus for the creation of this nation, to begin with.
The thing about partisan politics, is that far too often, those pushing for one thing over another thing, aren’t really concerning themselves about what is good for Americans, in whole, but rather seem to be fixated upon what is good for them and those that support them, above all. So then, what we so have, in reality, is a situation in which there is play of power and position, to favor certain interests, that when thus enacted, are beneficial to those specific interests, often at the expense of the public good. Those then, that by their direct involvement in partisan politics should thus seldom be seen as patriots, but should be seen for what they really are, opportunists that are out for themselves and their clique, and virtually never for the public good.