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WotD: Political football
What the heck is a political football?
Remember when former American president Obama’s campaign slogan was ‘Change we can believe in’?
I can.
The Americans placed a lot of faith and hope in Obama to bring about that change.
Everybody wants to talk about it, but when it comes to doing something, they all want to toss the responsibility to someone else.
The problem back then and still today is that change is a political football.
Referring to something as a political football means it’s a topic or problem that politicians from different political parties choose to discuss.
They often make the problem seem more significant than it actually is and fight about it to gain their political advantage.
Whether a person is in Japan, Canada, or the United States of America doesn’t matter when it comes to change.
Change is inevitable.
All the time wasted making change a political football could be better spent ensuring that change benefits everyone equally.
You know as well as I do politicians could and should make better use of their time and ours by ensuring that change happens quickly and smoothly.
Isn’t that what a politician is for? Aren’t they the ones who are supposed to make sure that their country progresses?
Instead of tossing around the concept of change like a political football, I would like to see politicians grab the ball and run with it.
I’d love to see them embrace change and help us benefit from it instead of wasting their time and our money arguing.
We are now in the fourth industrial revolution.
Technology such as AI, more sophisticated robots and solar energy will rapidly and drastically change how we live, work and consume.
Change is not a political football; it’s our future.
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