The hypocrisy of corruption
The dirty politician has today become a symbol of all that’s gone wrong in this country. He is the very bane of our existence; he is to blame for everything….
Or is he? It seems like an extremely convenient arrangement…. We have found our ever-present fall guy. But may be, just may be there is a little more to this, but realizing it means opening Pandora’s box. Something that most of us I am sure will be unable to handle.
Politicians are in my opinion nothing more than an extension of their people, they reflect all the good and the evil of a society, the same moralities or lack of them, the same prejudices, greed, ambitions, ruthlessness that we as a society exhibit. They are the sum and whole, the mean, they are they epitome of society.
How many would not think twice before stepping over a co-worker if it means a promotion? How many would pay a cop the whole fine instead of getting away with a “settlement”? How many would pay a clerk in an office to get their work done quicker?
Unfortunately too many.
To expect politicians to be immune to the temptations that we ourselves succumb to, to expect them not to lie, deceive, coerce to save their necks on being caught, to expect them to be the moral puritans that we fall so woefully short of being is hypocritical to say the least.
We as a society need to lift our standards of morality and put an end to these double standards. Corruption and dishonesty runs in the very fiber that is India. It is a shame, but it is reality. We have to work to remove this terminal disease and it is only then, from our newly acquire moral high ground, that we will have the purgative, nay the right to demand that honesty from our leaders,
Or is he? It seems like an extremely convenient arrangement…. We have found our ever-present fall guy. But may be, just may be there is a little more to this, but realizing it means opening Pandora’s box. Something that most of us I am sure will be unable to handle.
Politicians are in my opinion nothing more than an extension of their people, they reflect all the good and the evil of a society, the same moralities or lack of them, the same prejudices, greed, ambitions, ruthlessness that we as a society exhibit. They are the sum and whole, the mean, they are they epitome of society.
How many would not think twice before stepping over a co-worker if it means a promotion? How many would pay a cop the whole fine instead of getting away with a “settlement”? How many would pay a clerk in an office to get their work done quicker?
Unfortunately too many.
To expect politicians to be immune to the temptations that we ourselves succumb to, to expect them not to lie, deceive, coerce to save their necks on being caught, to expect them to be the moral puritans that we fall so woefully short of being is hypocritical to say the least.
We as a society need to lift our standards of morality and put an end to these double standards. Corruption and dishonesty runs in the very fiber that is India. It is a shame, but it is reality. We have to work to remove this terminal disease and it is only then, from our newly acquire moral high ground, that we will have the purgative, nay the right to demand that honesty from our leaders,
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