🪷 प्रियंका | Priyanka 🪷 on Nostr: Perhaps this is why over the last few years, I’ve become increasingly cynical about ...

Perhaps this is why over the last few years, I’ve become increasingly cynical about politics. I used to think of politics primarily as public service. The idea that power was supposed to be exercised on behalf of people. Now I have come to realise that politics operates as a business -> identities become brands, outrage is the currency, fear becomes a campaign strategy & voters become markets to be captured. That's the reality here with our politicians, that's why no progressive work gets done.