Not_Now.Soon
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I wasn't just trying to point out our lack of control. (When we don't have it). But that people have this loose feeling of control because of voting, when they really don't have any. The decisions made in our government aren't made because of us usually. They're made because someone has been placed in a position to make those decisions. The responsibility and burden placed on their shoulders. Judges, presidents, congress and a few other examples are the ones who shape the layout of how things work in the world around us. They have the power to contend with even eachother's decisions and reactions. Power plays, and writing the rules. Those are the real politics.
Leaders of a country make those power plays with one another, and usually have some legislative power to make or influence the rules as they are being made or changed. Congress holds the weight of making the rules, and this is where people really get ugly, because they fight and whine with eachother and largely don't get things done because of it. The things they do get done stick around though. Judges then have the power to uphold the laws and interpt the laws as they are written or as they are meant.
The only power a voting person has unless someone in real power gives them power by listening to them is the power to obey or to disobey the leaders and the rules. It's not much power at all. That said there are biblical figures that half a position of power in the political arena. Danial is a prime example.
