When we hear the term politician the primary meaning that comes to our mind is that he may be a man of honor who may have a criminal record especially in the case of developing countries like India or Pakistan. Another meaning which hits us is it may be a son of a king who has a right to rule because of the kingdom created by their forefathers as they were a ruling party of a certain area where they got elected because of the public's mercy. This kind of situation is common in many countries like Pakistan, especially after Pakistan got independence in 1947. The irony is that we see politicians begging for votes every time during elections, promising that they'll bring change, there are popular slogans being chanted and false hopes are created amongst the people. Every time after elections all hopes are shattered when there is an eye opener and people realize that they have made a mistake and elected the wrong person. Moreover there is always the rigging in elections which overrules all efforts to bring about even a sort of democratic government.
It is the mango people that need to be protected from the evils of these politicians and maybe these people lack the ability to identify the right politician or is it the political seat itself which corrupts every individual every time they are given some power as a politician.
If there is a lack in our own abilities, action can be taken to decide wisely when electing a politician. However if it is the case of corrupting power that politicians have then I guess we can hang these politicians but if we accept that it is we that elected him or her then shouldn't we hang ourselves too? It was the choice of people that the individual came into power and got corrupt hence we are ina way responsible as well. That individual was also someone from the society, from our culture, our background and has some what the same values as us. Hence his thought process is not much different from ours as he has evolved from us. However...