It might be more helpful to understand politics in terms of large and small. Small things often grow to be large things. Children grow to become adults. Our treatment of small and immature things is very different from our treatment of large and mature things. We know that large things have a way of protecting themselves and gaining a handle on situations. Large people tend to have different issues from small people. Large companies have different issues from small ones.
We can also factor in age. If things grow large they then tend to be older. The needs of older entities and people are very different from the needs of younger entities and people. So to understand the position of things, we need to understand their age and size, or at the age and size of the grouping to which they belong.
What we find is that larger and older entities and people tend to have advantages at their peak and then disadvantages when they are over the hump.
Right and left wing reflects interests not of whether radical change is appropriate or not, but what the entity or person belonging to a particular grouping sees as it's interests.
What confuses the politics is that entity age groupings and people age groupings do not match and frequently work at cross purposes. An older company should have things sorted out for it's retirees, but we find that an older company to stay young hires young people who do not want the interests of older staff to be catered to. The mix between old and young causes political conflict.
Similarly, small company interests are very different from large company interests and their politics reflect that. It's too much of a short cut to say that large company interests reflect the interests of older people. The politics of large and small organizations is very different.
Will not time reveal the lasting importance of friends and mutual respect? Be kind to those who think well of you and those you know and try to add positive elements to your world. Promote peace in your heart and sunshine in the minds of those around you by your own good works. Elevate the level of discussion by thinking less of the issues and more of how you can reduce the tension of stress that arises with honest disagreement. Relax by breathing more deeply and consciously.
