A closer looks at our political culture
Our politics display some chronic symptoms of ill health. It is based on sick ideas, which adversely affect the physical body and party movements. The approach to political decision making is questionable, because many of the strategies are not leading us into the right directions. The monitoring is poor, and the self-regulatory role plays an insignificant part in the overall output. Proof? The mark sheet of the last three decades.
The voter service is poor, and the political parties are getting away with the default situations. Questionable sources of financing are dragging down the political culture.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Two autocratic regimes intervened for about 16 years since our Independence. These regimes displayed less violence and indiscipline. Now, even the very important organs of the government appear to be tainted, as could be judged from the political analyses in the mass media. The established institutions have already started cracking up, and there is no apparent concern in the official circles. The GDP is above six percent, but the black and grey contributions have not been separately pointed out.
Bad habits, when allowed to linger, introduce virus in the system, to which the bodies become immune in the long run; and the routine behaviour pattern allowed to continue. Scathing attacks on the opponents divert public attention, while black money continue the transactions merrily.
Politics affect history, culture, civilisation, and aesthetics. It also defines moral bandwidths for the young and the new generations. What is the adverse effect for bad precedents on groups and individuals? Is the current debased campus environment acceptable? These students are the ones to lead the nation in the coming decades. Their CV might look all right, but how to test their mental approach to national problems? Too much screening in selection would be undemocratic.
How to screen undesirable cultural trends? The ADP does not recognise these factors. The sum of the components is not equal to the whole.