Berlusconi Close to Re-election?
Back in December, we discussed how and why Berlusconi would run again for Italian Prime Minister and possibly win.
And so we approach Sunday's election with Berlusconi slightly behind but talking like a winner:
Frankly, besides the issue of people feeling entitled, it's disturbing how people invest so much in politicians. Here's a typical comment from his adoring masses:
I just shake my head when I read these sorts of comments. Vote for the guy if you want; go ahead and feel entitled. But now you're going to somehow make Berlusconi out to be a "good man"?
Of course, I don't know Silvio personally. And I'm not saying that his opponent is better than he. What I do know is that he's a politician and most politicians are about obtaining and holding power. That's what floats their boat. But I guess the reason it's always been so and will always be so is that people like this think the way they do.
Is it really so hard to live your life thinking for yourself, using your reason all the time, being discriminating in your judgments and choices of what's good and what's bad? If you do that, you'll never slip into the Silvio-is-a-good-man error, I suspect.
I guess it's just another example of people getting what they deserve.
Elect Silvio and growth and good cheer will follow. Of course, the fact that Italy did not grow under Berlusconi isn't important. People will "feel better" with his tan, handsome (albeit aging) face once again flashing that suave smile from their video screens.The Berlusconi return comes down to the economy being in recession and people being tired of politicians taking away their entitlements. They didn't complain when the same folks were running up deficits and making promises they couldn't keep. People seem to be just fine with all that as long as they get what they believe they're entitled to.
And so we approach Sunday's election with Berlusconi slightly behind but talking like a winner:
(Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's supporters greeted him with adulation, chants and adoring cheers when he appeared at one of his final rallies before an election in five days, assuring the party faithful that victory was at hand.
Frankly, besides the issue of people feeling entitled, it's disturbing how people invest so much in politicians. Here's a typical comment from his adoring masses:
"Silvio is really nice. I vote for Berlusconi because I still believe in him. He is a good man, a good prime minister, a good dad, a good grandfather.
"Why do we have to talk badly about him?"
I just shake my head when I read these sorts of comments. Vote for the guy if you want; go ahead and feel entitled. But now you're going to somehow make Berlusconi out to be a "good man"?
Of course, I don't know Silvio personally. And I'm not saying that his opponent is better than he. What I do know is that he's a politician and most politicians are about obtaining and holding power. That's what floats their boat. But I guess the reason it's always been so and will always be so is that people like this think the way they do.
Is it really so hard to live your life thinking for yourself, using your reason all the time, being discriminating in your judgments and choices of what's good and what's bad? If you do that, you'll never slip into the Silvio-is-a-good-man error, I suspect.
I guess it's just another example of people getting what they deserve.
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