Politics is not only the art of fighting an opponent; it is also the courage to confront one's own wrongdoings. Where this courage is lost, the defensive reflex replaces the moral compass. We are at such a threshold today.
At first glance, the recent debates over some mayors may seem like an ordinary political move from the opposing neighborhood. Yes, it is natural to look for opportunities in politics, to take advantage of an opponent's weak moment. But the real issue is the reaction to these moves. Because sometimes the internal reflexes are more decisive than the external attack.
The biggest mistake made today is this: Taking a stand based on who is wrong. However, politics is not a field that bends and twists according to individuals, but a ground that stands on principles. If there is a wrong, it should be weeded out, not embraced. Otherwise, what is defended is not the person, but the wrong itself.
“They do it too” is the most comfortable excuse for decay. This approach transforms politics from a race into a swamp. A ground where everyone sinks a little deeper, but no one intends to get out... However, true leadership is not in imitating the mistakes of the opponent, but in drawing a line that transcends those mistakes.
Even more serious is the fact that such scandals are either embraced or ignored by the party's top leadership. The structure we call a party has to be a will that cleans up individual mistakes, not a mechanism that covers them up. Otherwise, the party turns into a structure that does not carry the burden of a person, but is crushed under that burden.
The conscience of society is much clearer than one might think. People can see very well who is doing what and who is defending what. Perception management and social media manipulations can only go so far. However, as the truth is covered up, the sense of trust is irrevocably eroded.
What is needed today is not a defensive reflex, but the will to purify. A determination to push the wrongdoer out of the system, regardless of who did it... Because only in this way can politics renew itself and reassure society.
Otherwise the picture is clear:
A table where the blind and the deaf entertain each other...
A stinking cube, a broken order...
And it is a structure that no longer holds together.
It must be remembered that there are some mistakes, no matter how skillfully they are concealed,
one day the whole structure will collapse.
When that day comes, neither the defense nor the
the excuses that have been made make no sense.
Politics eventually confronts itself.
The question is when and at what price.
He whose guide is a crow has his nose in the dung.
It is not smallness to listen to a great word.
On the contrary, the one who knows the great becomes even greater than the great.
Those who test the patience of the nation are actually testing their own luck!
The spear doesn't fit in the sack, my friend!