Why are politicians so untrustworthy?

Hannah Adams Asst. Opinion Editor

It is in the nature of a politician to learn how to manipulate the public and skew their opinions towards a certain direction. They know how to play on emotions, intel-

Overtime, it can begin to feel foolish to place good faith in these politicians. It is common knowledge that they tend to have an ulterior motive in the back of their minds. Political jargon is a game, and it is a sad to wonder why our government is founded upon a premise that those in power should be trained to be deceitful and skilled manipulators.

These realizations also beg one to question how politicians gain these

Noggles’s article “Manipulation in Politics,” the ideology behind political persuasion is explained.

“It appears that the term manipulation can be applied to two rather different ways: by influencing the state a deeper look, how dangerous to society these tactics can truly be. It puts people in an uncomfortably vulnerable position of not being completely sure of when those they vote for are trustworthy or just exercising a ma- itician succeeds in gaining a position of power based on their principles during their campaign, only to reverse those ideals once they are in their desired position. For the most part, one would like not to