well, in SC’s defence, he was talking about politics, not the people IN politics. There are people IN politics who got in to do good, but the game-playing of politics is not for anything besides power (see “Yes Prime Minister” for that)
Well if by “politics”, SC means “dirty or unethical Politics” then he needs to make that distinction. Because as I pointed out, every decision that gets made is political. And not all politics is “dirty politics”. Legitimate authority is politics. Writing our Congressman in an attempt to influence him to do what is right is politics. This very post is politics. The Pope speaking his idealized vision of politics, is politics.
Thanks Cronos.