Or perhaps he鈥檚 talking about politics as they are and not as they could be. I doubt he鈥檇 say the same of leadership or a social compact or governance. 鉂わ笍
It is the very nature of the structure of politics that creates this. It is why, in Idries Shah's Nasrudin stories, he states that be named a judge is to be condemned. The same applies to politicians once elected. Change the structure and there might be hope?