I sometimes wonder whether politicians are truly working for the country, or simply for their own livelihoods.
Politics, after all, is also a profession. And like any profession, it comes with incentives, anxieties, and self-interest.
I do not believe that most politicians place the nation or its people first.
At best, those things come second.
Their own lives and stability come first.
Of course, not all politicians are the same.
Some are born into wealth, and personal survival may not be their primary concern.
But politicians who are involved in creating slush funds or hiding money likely fit this pattern rather well.
There is a saying: poverty dulls the mind.
Without a stable livelihood, it is difficult to think clearly or act responsibly.
So I do not think politicians should be poor.
Still, there must be a reasonable limit.
What troubles me is that politicians seem far more occupied with election campaigns than with their actual work in parliament.
That may only be how it appears from the outside, and I am sure many of them study their respective fields seriously.
Yet, that effort rarely becomes visible.
Perhaps this is an inevitable consequence of parliamentary democracy.
No individual is meant to stand out too much.
Within such a system, maybe this is what politics inevitably looks like.
In this election, we will finally hear about their achievements.
So let us listen carefully.
What, exactly, have they been doing?
