of course, of course. We had a conversation about it. Work and research pressure make reasonable for her to take a break, and come back at some future, in a more relaxed time.
To me is clear, the challenge that political organizations have is to create spaces of participation that can be meaningfully used in the time that we have available. That is hard because our time is (very) limited.
"Time is very limited" or "Ain't got time" are phrases I tend to criticize, especially when I hear them from David, my son. I usually tell him that time doesn't exist, that there's only duration (of anything) and clocks reflect that. And if you use such phrases, I say, what you're really saying is that "that" (what you were referring in the first place) is not in the first ranks of your list of priorities...
So in the case of S., politics failed to stay as a priority in her current affairs. The question is then a different one: Why politics seems to be not a priority any more for a growing number of people? And concomitants questions... What is a priority? Why do we need to prioritize?
good questions, of course. But they have straightforward answers. in reverse order, we need to prioritise because we have limited time. Nothing wrong or strange about that, no? the ongoing decreasing of interest in politics, not necessarily the case of S., it has millions of reasons. And it can be reversed: in the first years of chavismo many people was super happy that pretty much everybody was involved, in favor or against.
Still, a political party is a medium of interaction between citizens and the public aparatus, la cosa publica. It has to be interesting, but it also has to figure out how to be functional for citizens whose priorities are not politics. Because you can not make a priority from something that does not pay you a salary.
"Because you can not make a priority from something that does not pay you a salary." works for understanding an utilitarian approach to politics, very much close to corruption. I don't mean a salary in politics is a corrupting mechanism. It should cover some costs of dedicating efforts to the cosa pública. But, people in parties must be there for some form of passion and altruism...
all true… the problem that we frequently have here is that people that feel attracted to be active in GroenLinks are professionals in mid life… and that is a tine that you are full time in the rat race, hard work, young family and the rest… political parties should survive mostly on volunteer work, but for us that is a real problem. Without solutions as i can see.
I'd like to know why S. left... Did she say anything?
of course, of course. We had a conversation about it. Work and research pressure make reasonable for her to take a break, and come back at some future, in a more relaxed time.
To me is clear, the challenge that political organizations have is to create spaces of participation that can be meaningfully used in the time that we have available. That is hard because our time is (very) limited.
"Time is very limited" or "Ain't got time" are phrases I tend to criticize, especially when I hear them from David, my son. I usually tell him that time doesn't exist, that there's only duration (of anything) and clocks reflect that. And if you use such phrases, I say, what you're really saying is that "that" (what you were referring in the first place) is not in the first ranks of your list of priorities...
So in the case of S., politics failed to stay as a priority in her current affairs. The question is then a different one: Why politics seems to be not a priority any more for a growing number of people? And concomitants questions... What is a priority? Why do we need to prioritize?
You tell me.
good questions, of course. But they have straightforward answers. in reverse order, we need to prioritise because we have limited time. Nothing wrong or strange about that, no? the ongoing decreasing of interest in politics, not necessarily the case of S., it has millions of reasons. And it can be reversed: in the first years of chavismo many people was super happy that pretty much everybody was involved, in favor or against.
Still, a political party is a medium of interaction between citizens and the public aparatus, la cosa publica. It has to be interesting, but it also has to figure out how to be functional for citizens whose priorities are not politics. Because you can not make a priority from something that does not pay you a salary.
"Because you can not make a priority from something that does not pay you a salary." works for understanding an utilitarian approach to politics, very much close to corruption. I don't mean a salary in politics is a corrupting mechanism. It should cover some costs of dedicating efforts to the cosa pública. But, people in parties must be there for some form of passion and altruism...
all true… the problem that we frequently have here is that people that feel attracted to be active in GroenLinks are professionals in mid life… and that is a tine that you are full time in the rat race, hard work, young family and the rest… political parties should survive mostly on volunteer work, but for us that is a real problem. Without solutions as i can see.
There's a lack of younger blood...