Politician - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. This includes people who hold decision making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'etat, appointment, conquest, right of inheritance (see also: divine right), etc. A politician can also include a person who is active in party politics, or a person who has the power to galvanize public opinion. Members of the government who serve purely functional roles, such as low ranking bureaucrats, or ordinary citizens with the power to vote cannot properly be called politicians. ..."
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Articles
The Ethics of Voting: Part Three [PDF], by George H. Smith, The Voluntaryist, Apr 1983
Related Topics: Government, Lyndon B. Johnson
Examines, among other things, whether a libertarian can be employed by or hold office in a State entity
"A particular Senator (e.g., a libertarian) may never actually vote for a tax bill, but he has the legal right nonetheless. The privilege resides in the office. A person elected to high political office allies himself with the power of leviathan. He voluntarily seeks and successfully achieves the privileges of political office which permit him to aggress against his neighbors — privileges enforced by the State."
Related Topics: Government, Lyndon B. Johnson
Examines, among other things, whether a libertarian can be employed by or hold office in a State entity
"A particular Senator (e.g., a libertarian) may never actually vote for a tax bill, but he has the legal right nonetheless. The privilege resides in the office. A person elected to high political office allies himself with the power of leviathan. He voluntarily seeks and successfully achieves the privileges of political office which permit him to aggress against his neighbors — privileges enforced by the State."
Entrepreneurship and Social Progress, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Mises.org Daily Article, 20 Dec 2006
Related Topics: Entrepreneurship
"The politician may claim to have ideals, but they mostly serve as a mask for the desire to exercise power. If you doubt it, look no further than programs such as Social Security and the Iraq War. They continue long after they have obviously failed, because they serve the interests of the politically powerful."
Related Topics: Entrepreneurship
"The politician may claim to have ideals, but they mostly serve as a mask for the desire to exercise power. If you doubt it, look no further than programs such as Social Security and the Iraq War. They continue long after they have obviously failed, because they serve the interests of the politically powerful."
The Ethics of Voting: Part Two [PDF], by George H. Smith, The Voluntaryist, Dec 1982
Related Topics: The State, American Revolutionary War
An analysis of the State as an institution ("method of pursuing a social activity")
"I have attempted to show what it means to say that an anarchist politician contributes to State injustice merely by filling a role (i.e., holding political office). ... Political offices are indispensable roles in the State apparatus; and ... anyone who fills these roles contributes, however inadvertently, to the State process (monopoly of power) and product (sovereignty)."
Related Topics: The State, American Revolutionary War
An analysis of the State as an institution ("method of pursuing a social activity")
"I have attempted to show what it means to say that an anarchist politician contributes to State injustice merely by filling a role (i.e., holding political office). ... Political offices are indispensable roles in the State apparatus; and ... anyone who fills these roles contributes, however inadvertently, to the State process (monopoly of power) and product (sovereignty)."
The Mugging of Murtha: Congressional Democrats betray the antiwar movement, by Justin Raimondo, 17 Nov 2006
Related Topics: Democratic Party
"This once again underlines the basic principle at the heart of any peace movement worthy of the name: put not your trust in politicians. The people voted to get us out of Iraq, and instead the Democrats will stand idly by – at best – while we get in deeper."
Related Topics: Democratic Party
"This once again underlines the basic principle at the heart of any peace movement worthy of the name: put not your trust in politicians. The people voted to get us out of Iraq, and instead the Democrats will stand idly by – at best – while we get in deeper."
Cartoons
My father wants me to take over his position when I grow up ..., by Parker and Hart, Wizard of Id, 9 Sep 2007
Spot the Future Congressman, by Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur, 23 Nov 2006
The Office of Sen. Kingpit Dixon, by Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur, 10 Mar 2011