Politicization of All

If one looks up the definition of the word politics, one soon realizes that several definitions exist for the word. Basically, our personal opinions of how society should run collective affairs relate to politics. Moreover, we elect officials as leaders to conduct social affairs for society in a way we feel is correct. Most people feel that their personal views, which they have acquired due to many factors involving things such as upbringing or religious views, are correct based on their understanding of all. This idea of understanding of all can be described as a worldview. Merriam-Webster defines worldview as a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint. The foregoing basically involves one’s understanding which can have limitations based on many factors depending on our personal experiences, for instance. Our place of birth along with the different culture or language to which one was initially exposed contributes greatly to our worldviews. Consequently, worldviews are as diverse as our world, which consists of many races, nations, and languages. Inhabitants of planet Earth think and have opinions which often evolve and transition depending on our age, or perhaps phases in life which we go through. Based on some of these factors, our ideas about anything can very often be completely different. Regardless of all mentioned thus far, the one thing we all share is our humanity. We are a species that inhabits this planet in our physical universe, and as our lives interact, we make decisions based on how to best share this collective experience. Politics ultimately is involved in this process on a national and global level, but how much we allow politics to be involved in our daily lives is important. A question I ask is at what point do we stop making personal decisions and allow others to decide for us. Moreover, what percentage of our personal decisions will we allow to conceivably be made for us? Will we ultimately allow a politicization of all? The foregoing question is basically the title to this post, and perhaps it is where humanity is standing now. Ultimately, this question is possibly the one we may be asking ourselves without asking out loud. This question is obviously also ecumenical, and the one thing I do know is that many people do not like anyone else making decisions for them, especially those with which they disagree. I recently took an idea from the Stephen Stills’ song, For what it’s worth. A line in the song says: nobody's right if everybody's wrong. I took this idea a step further by adding: nobody is wrong if everybody is right. Well, the idea is indeed correct, if everyone is right than no one is wrong; however, the bigger question this idea raises is how can everyone be right? Can everyone be right? Personally, I don’t think it is possible, but there are certain times where we just must agree to disagree to get along.