comp gov&politics inspiration

regardless of the fact that i dislike gov't and politics... i sure as hell have learned a lot in that class this year, not just about the countries we've studied... but about my own personal beliefs. (everything is a learning experience, right? ... even school!) alright, so i was inspired to write something (as usual) after Paige proclaimed very matter-of-factly "Well what do you expect, gov't is corrupt!"

Why is it that societies talk of corruption in politics like it's a bad thing and then submit themselves to the very inauthentic path that they disdain? Are humans more willing to live their lives by pattern and ritual rather than adjust their lives to live a style less "corrupt"? If a person can identify a patter and recognize it to be corrupt, why do we take part so much in such an ill system?
Is this the opposite of our carelessness or the summit of it? Yes, we are active, involved, good citizens who vote and therefore make a difference in this world through our country... but if we wanted to make a real difference away from the pattern of corruption that we've become so accoustomed to, wouldn't we refuse to take part in the government? By keeping ourselves involved we are merely proclaiming our struggle for power, whether our struggle is something "positive" or "negative", those two terms are completely relative to the individual opinion.
So why do we try to be correct in our views and force them on to others through means of corruption if we know corruption to have a bad connotation. Everyone thinks that their way of saving the world is really going to save it. Maybe the world doesn't need saving.

feel free to comment.. i think i'll post this on my profile for a few days.

i'm not saying that i'm not a victim of my own scorn, but i'd like to at least bring light to the situation.

enjoy the day.
rach