Fradi, c'mon man. Not all politicians are the same. I want that to be true too because it will mean nothing we do or whomever we vote for matters, which is the same fatalism and apathy that leads to disengaging from the civic duty of not voting. But it is categorically not true in countries that have an established history of democracy.
Unfortunately I disagree, any politician that rises to the top is a scumbag, otherwise he would never get there and once he does it is time to pay back all the scumbags that got him there. Without the backing of serious $$$ he hasn’t a chance.
There are degrees however of how much of a scumbag they are going to be.
I am not disengaged from voting, I have never missed a vote and never will, my parents came from a country where their vote didn’t count and most would have been willing to die for the right to have a real vote, so I don’t take it lightly.
I still reserve the right to choose between the lesser of two evils which is the way I look at it.
What I do believe in however is the people, in a civilized country like Canada, US they will only allow so much from any politician before stepping in and getting rid of him, we all fundamentally want the same thing, a better and safer life for our children than what we had.
With all its faults I believe Canada is probably the best place in the world to live in and I have lived in a few and visited many