"Politics has nothing to do with idealism; it is all about hard-headed decisions, money and power." Do you agree?

Title: "Politics has nothing to do with idealism; it is all about hard-headed decisions, money and power." Do you agree?
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"Politics has nothing to do with idealism; it is all about hard-headed decisions, money and power." Do you agree?

Politicians have not always been associated with diplomatic chicanery, amoral pragmatism and self-aggrandization, the way they tend to be now. There was a time when leaders like Abraham Lincoln sounded the clarion call for democracy, and pleaded as Woodrow Wilson did in his Fourteen Points for world peace and mutual respect. Since the twin horrors of World War I and World War II, as well as various crises like Vietnam, however, the masses have become …showed first 75 words of 1210 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1210 total…taken in the negative light. Politics, especially in this era of social organizations like non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has its specific burden to bear -- management of a country on a day-to-day basis. NGOs like Amnesty International can help supplement this by keeping issues like human rights on the agenda. "Hard-headed decisions, money and power" may be too harsh a term to use -- it would be crucifying politics on a cross it does not have to bear.

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