The other day someone asked me why I considered myself "middle of the road" politicaly and tend to vote neither far "left" or far "right".. It took me a few days but these are my thoughts..
Above all else a Politician must be a generalist,not a specialist. It is wise to have decisions of great moment monitored by generalists. Experts and Specialists lead you quickly into confusion. They are a source of useless nit-picking,the ferocious quibble over a comma. The Generalist, on the other hand should bring to decision making a healthy common sense. They must not cut themselves off form the broad sweep of what is happening in our world. They must be capable of saying "There is no real doubt of what is happening at this moment. This is what we want now. It my prove wrong later,but we will correct that when we come to it" The Political-Generalist must understand that our country is but part of a larger world. The Expert looks backward; they look into the narrow standards of their own specialty. The Generalist looks outward; they look for living principals, knowing full well that principles change, that they evolve over time. There can be no permanent catalog of such change, no manual or handbook. You must look at change with as few preconceptions as possible, asking yourself: " What is truly best for the future?"
Governments, If they endure, always tend increasingly towards aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends to act more and more exclusively towards the interests of the so called 'ruling class' whether that class be owner's of financial empires or entrenched bureaucracy.
