The Importance of Politics

     Nowadays more than ever, it is imperative that people finally understand the huge repercussions that politics has on society. Although one might think that many are aware of the importance of politics, such awareness is not shown in society. People often remark that they do not care about politics and that it is all lies. What they appear to fail to understand is that politics determines their lives and the course of the world. Of course they can change it and contribute in some way as has been demonstrated time and time again by history when otherwise obscure individuals gained power and changed the world forever. Thus it is not a valid excuse to not pay attention to what is happening, as it always impacts their lives, direct or indirect. Even scientists dismiss politics as a false science, calling political scientists fakes. But doing so achieves nothing and is extremely narcissistic. What they do not seem to realize is that a large chunk of funding comes from the very function of politics and government. Instead of criticizing the field, they can instead offer more systematically sound models and actually care about what is going on in the world of the average person. By acting superior to others, scientists perpetuate the image that they believe themselves better than others and that they are highly conceited, disconnected from the plight of the common individual. Although it is almost indisputable that politics and government plot the course for the rest of the world, scientists instead seem to choose to follow the model of secluding themselves from the world while instead focusing on trying to measure empirical data. It is true that such actions are noble and help humanity in theory, but things such as climate change or population change cannot be communicated to the people by some distant numbers and calculations. After all, it is because of the people that any real change happens and not because of the scientists. Likewise, the general public needs to understand that it has a responsibility to understand what is going on in the world, a task that the government most likely has to play an active role in in order to ascertain any real change. Politics should not be seen as a thing to be joked about by either citizens or scientists, and should instead be embraced so that society can come together to achieve great things as a historical first.