Political salesmanship

The politically fattened masses are being coerced into participating in hartal (strike, shutdown) as a political weapon. Tool or punishment. Looks like the turning point has arrived sooner than later. The vomit of the indigestible food may soon soil on the footpaths and elsewhere.

Generation mass movements are not that simplistic. As the majority are to simple-minded and light-pocketed to be goaded into carrying banners in unruly manner to revive a party with only one-fifth backing and who do not believe in parliamentary proceedings.

An ethical question crops up: seek public support with bad examples in politicking. Simply because the opponents (the regime) are not performing as expected? The boycott of the parliament by the opposition (regardless of the name of the parties) has a long dirty history of more than a decade of poor political salesmanship of trying to sell questionable political cultures for which there is no market. A good market creates black-marketing when the demand is more than the supply.

The sales persons (in any discipline) are trained. And the untrained ones talk too much. And add a lot of garbage and personal opinion to the mix. They wonder later. what had pone missing in the name they were playing with the untrained clients. it is easy to confuse with political garbage.

On the other hand. Our 'sincere' politicians are not trained to sell politics to untrained clients or 'consumers'; but this avocation of politics is very popular.

You come back home and hand-fan yourself (the electricity is out as usual). You watch the TV news. The politicians are as busy as usual.