I never understood politics, all my friends would talk about
it and I’d avoid commenting because it felt uncomfortable giving my opinion on
a subject I was not educated on.
Due to this I also never wanted to learn it, what I knew was
that it was boring and everyone just lied about everything so what was the
point? Now, I'm in uni and doing a course on crime and justice in society; the
first week topic was politics, I wanted to die.
Doing research for my tutorial exercises was physically
painful but afterwards I began to realise why understanding politics is
important.
These people hold the future of the country you live in, if
you do not agree with their policies or general views on sensitive situations,
it can come back to get you. Especially with voting being mandatory in
Australia I cannot emphasise the importance any more, imagine if you end up
voting for someone who wants to introduce a high tax for energy, but all you
hear in the media is that they mildly support gay marriage.
You could end up voting for that person and they'll do
nothing to progress gay marriage and your energy bills will be through the
roof; your vote counts.
On this blog hopefully you will be pulled into the world of
politics and get to know the news in a fun way, so next time you go to vote you'll be confident.
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