EU vote 2014, GO VOTE OR DIE

[Ikarus]

Cmon you are old enough to know how the world and politics work, they sit in the parliment for 5 years get crazy pensions, pretend to care while regular people work their ass off and pay them their huge salaries and pensions, there are no "good" or fair politicians, no such thing, they are all the same, pretend to disagree in front of the cameras, while behind the scenes they all have nice big lunches at our expense and giggle. I know too much and have seen to much to buy that "it's your civil right to vote", utter bullcrap nobod cares and the only way to chage it is to boycott the elections alltogether.

there are good politicians, but they´re mostly not that noisy and/or concentrate on other stuff than planting their face into the news.

simply saying that there are no good politicians at all is plain rubbish and ignorant; don´t be like that

[Kafein]

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Amusingly enough, that's from Kissinger.

[Falka]

and the only way to chage it is to boycott the elections alltogether.

Hardly, I don't see how no voting can change anything.

there are good politicians,

Sadly these few good politicians aren't in charge.

[Overdriven]

there are good politicians, but they´re mostly not that noisy and/or concentrate on other stuff than planting their face into the news.

simply saying that there are no good politicians at all is plain rubbish and ignorant; don´t be like that

My MP, Peter Lilley, I would widely regard as one of the good ones. He does a lot for the people in his constituency and is held in high esteem by a lot of people. But he's definitely one of those who doesn't end up in the papers frequently and concentrates on other things.

I've had a lot of respect for him since I was a teenager, partly because of his policy of inviting anyone who is turning 18/turned 18 to visit Westminster where he gives you a tour of the place (including house of commons and Lords) and then gives a talk about how to potentially get into politics.

It was an experience I would never have had otherwise and well worth the visit.

[Nightmare798]

Nah, I´ll pass, nothing will change anyways.

[Tomas_Miles_again]

Boycotting elections only means you make it easier for other people to get their way. Which might happen to be the worst thing for you. Is it worth the risk?

[Leshma]

there are good politicians

No there are not. In order to become a politician you have to go through mud, no way to come out clean. If you want to know what politics really is, go to some university and look at politicians in the making. They are always biggest scum among the student population. Good people pursue different goals, they don't care about politics that much.

[Overdriven]

I know a couple of guys pursuing politics from my courses at Uni and they were decent guys. Certainly would not describe them as scum.

The people who ran the students union who thought they were being big and political however...

[Leshma]

Yeah, I was talking about those guys who act like big shots and pretending they have some power and influence. People who pursue political career in a proper way will probably give up at some point and go in other direction. Most influential politicians are always some scumbags who are versed in typical criminal activities. They come from the bottom, climb at the top and do everything in their might to stay there. Putin is fine example of that, and as you can notice guys like him are considered a lot more influential than some decent politician who's trying not to get his hands dirty and doing his job as it should be done.

Sadly, in my country system works in a way that those calm and hard working types have zero influence over things and rarely can get elected to do anything. It's always some scumbag, some tyrant, some charlatan.

[Prpavi]

Boycotting elections only means you make it easier for other people to get their way. Which might happen to be the worst thing for you. Is it worth the risk?

If both sides are equally bad for me what am I voting for?

The good and decent politicians you speak of do exist and are mostly younger or based around smaller partys, they try to make a difference only to be turned away after some time by the way things are run in politics or the decide to play the game and become like the rest. Politics is a nasty game and you need to have a special set of talents and a great stomach. I do understand my words are awful to hear, maybe your country really isn't like that, I could be wrong there, but in my country it's exactly how I described it.