Poli Tick
05. Nov 2025,
Politics? No, Thank You. Few professions today suffer from a reputation as battered as politics. Once upon a time, it was used-car dealers, insurance agents, and investment brokers who carried the public’s mistrust. Now it’s politicians — too often seen as the self-serving representatives of a few citizens, rather than the responsible stewards of all.
Wait a minute: representatives? Yes, exactly — they’re supposed to represent us, not just wear out their shoe soles in parliament.
In a democracy, power is only ever on loan. Voters lend it so their voices will carry weight. Yet all too often, it looks as though the very fingers that should be working for us are busy rummaging in someone else’s pockets.
Every parliament, every town council, every government is, at its core, a collection of representatives — people with thousands, sometimes millions, of bosses watching closely. And those bosses want to know exactly where those fingers are reaching.
I rather like the idea that our elected representatives have to face a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down at the end of their term. Do your job well — and you get to stay. Do it poorly — and the people send you home. That’s how democracy works.
In business, everyone knows the golden rule: customers keep you alive. If they’re unhappy, they leave. In politics, there’s no such option. Citizens can’t just “switch governments” mid-term. And that’s unfortunate — because sometimes you’re stuck with bad management for four long years.
But then, election night arrives — and the urns reopen. Fresh candidates step forward, hopeful faces promising to do better. And once in a while, they actually do.
Last night in New York City, voters did just that. They elected Zohran Mamdani — a democratic socialist, a Muslim, and the son of Ugandan parents — as their new mayor. Holy smokes! What a statement. His powerful rival, Andrew Cuomo, backed by millions from Musk & Co., couldn’t seal the deal.
Isn’t it refreshing when the democratic spirit reveals itself again — not in theory, but at the ballot box?
In Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City, all results came out blue. Offices now held by Democrats. If that’s not a good omen for the 2026 mid-terms — what is?
Whoever still has the choice, still has a democracy.
