Between good and evil, there is much to consider.
In politics only interests are permanent. There is no place for moral values. There are no friends, no enemies, only allies and rivals. But, why this game of good cop and the bad cop? Simply saying: we, human beings are good at processing narratives and stories to project and perceive the situation. So, a politician needs us to understand a story that paints them as good cops, and their rivals as bad cops.
The human brain is naturally endowed with this faculty of establishing biases. Naturally, we try to see things in colors. This means we try to establish right as distinct from wrong. And, it is absolutely fine, because, if it would not be the case then there might have been no laws, religion, morals, or conscience which makes us social animals. But, looking at political melodrama in the guise of discourse between devil and angels is staggering.
The political discourse shaped by political parties is in the strange debate between devils and the angels. It is like a morality play where the protagonist establishes himself as a representative of virtue. And, those who are sharing antagonism are seen as morally perverts. So, this antagonism continues to shape people’s perceptions or biases as one party is a symbol of virtue and good intent and another party is a symbol of vice and everything evil. But, dare I say, reality never is, and never would be black and white. In fact, there is an obvious grey zone in between, where the devil lies.
But, allow me to pose a few questions, for those who have presented themselves as “placed at the higher moral ground”. Why are the devils in the past allies in the present? Why do you try to take leverage at one end by using coercive means and on other hand trying to establish back door connections to pursue the political goals?
The answer is fairly simple and harsh. It is not the politics of public interest, rather, it is the politics of pursuit of ultimate power. It is a classic case of “real politics or power politics. It makes me remember the Roman senate where people were seen as the crowd, and to control the crowd was seen as control over power. So, a mad crowd hovers around so-called “good cops” and circumstances play their part against “bad cops”. The persona of a charming leader beloved of youth is mere, what Friedrich Nietzsche has called “Ubermensch” (Superman), who tries to manipulate public sentiment in favor of his own political interests and his pursuit of power. Only that, the play is a “good cop bad cop” because it establishes a narrative through which he can extract power.
