issue195 politics

rephoneUID: 155367

Issue195 "The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus."

    I safely agree with the speaker's argument that the search for common ground and reasonable consensus is the goal of politics. But I am reserved to support his or her idea that the goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal. The pursuit of an ideal is not doomed to conflict with the search for consensus.
  
Politics, as it was defined is an art of balancing, that is to keep subtle balance between different parties, which represent vested interests of different groups, hold different ideologies, to harmonize disparate social organization such as Green peace organization and Arms manufacture association, to concert different development plan and the like. Various interests of different groups intertwined together, forming a huge net. It is this net that restrains any individual part's self-intention and possible partial proposal, makes the leaders think over before leap. In this way, the policy making would be more stable and reasonable, meanwhile the majority’s interests could be taken care of. A convincing example in this point is the nomination of the candidate of President in certain party. One must be selected from tens of candidates who are on the behalf of different groups. At first, every group may name his own representatives, but the winner is single. After seeing his nomination is not supported by the majority, thus has no chance to win, they will compromise on the premise that their core interests are ensured, select the one who can be accepted by most groups if not all to reach reasonable consensus, This interacting relation is the fundament of democracy, which marks a country's civilization degree and propel the society to forge ahead.

When it comes to another point of the speaker’s argument, namely the goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal; my attitude sharply varies between different explanations and comprehensions on the key word- ideal. If ideal was defined as impractical ideas- castle in the air, of course, it should not be the base for the policy-making. The leader with hollow ideal may lead his people to abyss, such as the former Iraq president ‘s dream of his “Arab empire”.   However, if the ideal was defined as certain ground and reasonable ambition, it could even be argued that the very difference between politician and statesman comes from the pursuit of ideal. Politicians do with the ideal, statesman without. The most brilliant politicians in the history are those who are harboring holy but ground ideals, cherish their ideals as the source of commitment.  

In a sum, politics has its specific trait, once an individual steps on the power stage; he (or she) will greatly influence the rest of people, and his (or her) decision impacting the interests of various groups are unavoidable to be the result of compromise, a wiser politician will pursuit their reasonable ideals and move ahead on the process of compromise,

gdhdannyUID: 125843

Issue195 "The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus."

I safely agree with the speaker's argument that the search for common ground and reasonable consensus is the goal of politics. But I am reserved to support his or her idea that the goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal. The pursuit of an ideal is not doomed to conflict with the search for consensus.
很漂亮的开头

Politics, as it was defined（as defined, ） is an art of balancing, that（which） is to keep subtle balance between different parties, which represent vested interests of different groups, hold（这个hold的主语是谁？politics?插入的成分好晕阿） different ideologies, to harmonize disparate social organization such as Green peace organization and Arms manufacture association, to concert different development plan and the like.（这个TS太长了，意思表达有层次的话就分开说吧） Various interests of different groups intertwined together, forming a huge net（注意区别net和 web）. It is this net that restrains any individual part's self-intention and possible partial（形容词连用？） proposal, makes the leaders think over before leap. In this way, the policy making would be more stable and reasonable, meanwhile the majority’s interests could be taken care of. A convincing example in this point is the nomination of the candidate of President in certain party. One must be selected from tens of candidates who are on the behalf of different groups. At first, every group may name his own representatives, but the winner is single（unique）. After seeing his nomination is not supported by the majority, thus（主语在哪里。另外thus引导的插入语不大常见阿） has no chance to win, they will compromise on the premise that their core interests are ensured, select（主语是谁？） the one who can be accepted by most groups if not all（if not all是插入语吧） to reach reasonable consensus, This interacting relation is the fundament of democracy, which marks a country's civilization degree and propel（propels） the society to forge ahead.

When it comes to another point of the speaker’s argument, namely the goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal; my attitude sharply varies between different explanations and comprehensions on the key word- ideal. If ideal was defined as impractical ideas- castle in the air, of course, it should not be the base for the policy-making（politics和 policy-making还是有区别的吧）. The leader with hollow ideal may lead his people to abyss, such as the former Iraq president ‘s dream of his “Arab empire”. However, if the ideal was defined as certain ground and reasonable ambition, it could even be argued that the very difference between politician and statesman comes from the pursuit of ideal.（非常精彩的论述！） Politicians do with the ideal, statesman without. The most brilliant politicians（我印象中statesman好像比politician更有褒义色彩） in the history are those who are harboring holy but ground ideals, cherish their ideals as the source of commitment.
这一段非常精彩！

In a sum, politics has its specific trait, once an individual steps on the power stage; he (or she) will greatly influence the rest of people, and his (or her) decision impacting the interests of various groups are unavoidable to be the result of compromise, a wiser politician will pursuit their reasonable ideals and move ahead on the process of compromise.

非常出色的文章。看后很有启发。

语言上很有感觉，值得学习。如果第一段TS表达得再精炼一点，会更完美。

rephoneUID: 155367

Thank you for your reading ,your valuable suggestion as well as your encouragement.
Let us forge ahead together!!!

rephoneUID: 155367

Politics, as it was defined（as defined, ） is an art of balancing, that（which） is to keep subtle balance between different parties, which represent vested interests of different groups, hold（这个hold的主语是谁？politics?插入的成分好晕阿） different ideologies, to harmonize disparate social organization such as Green peace organization and Arms manufacture association, to concert different development plan and the like.
represent, hold 的主语都是 parties.
还有，我确实是把politician 和statesman 搞反了！非常感谢！！！

imongUID: 140258

第一body不光是TS，整体都应该更加体现你在分析论述“common ground”，这一点需要改进。
但是对ideal的分析和开头太正点了，放到优秀习作来。

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写得漂亮，评的更棒！