Now-a-days politics rules the society. By ‘politics’ we mean ‘real- politics’ not just political theories, in a democracy, we have the party system. Each party has its own political outlook. Parties aim at controlling the state power. They can hope to succeed if the voters accept their programme and vote for them.
The common man does not understand theories. He is pragmatic. So the politicians have to be practical. If the voters have some bias they try to exploit that. Even religion, caste and such other things are exploited. They compromise their political ideals with the local situations. Political parties holding different views and ideas often enter into an alliance. They jointly fight against other parties in an election. Politics, therefore, is the art of compromise.
The followers of religion are averse to making any compromise. They are committed to their creed or Guru. In science, there is no question of compromise. The scientists easily replace former theories by more recent ones. The followers of politics, too, are often committed to some political creed and have their guru or leader. But they are more flexible, because their ultimate masters are the common people who always want to make compromises and accept the golden mean.
The common man does not understand theories. He is pragmatic. So the politicians have to be practical. If the voters have some bias they try to exploit that. Even religion, caste and such other things are exploited. They compromise their political ideals with the local situations. Political parties holding different views and ideas often enter into an alliance. They jointly fight against other parties in an election. Politics, therefore, is the art of compromise.
The followers of religion are averse to making any compromise. They are committed to their creed or Guru. In science, there is no question of compromise. The scientists easily replace former theories by more recent ones. The followers of politics, too, are often committed to some political creed and have their guru or leader. But they are more flexible, because their ultimate masters are the common people who always want to make compromises and accept the golden mean.
