Well, voting must be over now. Unlike the previous elections, this time, as far as I know there was not so many heated debates and clashes around the election. Despite all the drawbacks that we all are aware of, I believe the lack of emotional behavour is a blessing. It means we can sit down and think more profoundly about what we actually want. What are our priorities? To achieve our goal what kind of politicians we should elect.Then we can check how much the available options can fulfill our expectation.
In retrospect, I think all the emotions that were excited during previous elections were bound to end in disappointment. Most voters did not know what they were looking for. They were looking for change but did not know in what direction.
They were uttering words like democracy, without having a clear perception of its meaning.
In a series of posts I would like to address this question.
I will tell you what I, as a citizen living inside Iran and as a physicist, expect from the politicians that I vote for.
I will not point out any special person or party. I have not taken an oath of supporting any of them. I will vote for any candidate who I believe can fulfill a larger part of my expectations.
My posts are going to be in English so non-Iranians are also welcome to join the discussion.
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Dear anonymous,
What you are suggesting is the approach that many educated Iranian have chosen. It is relatively reasonable one in fact. But I believe there are better approaches. Thank you for giving your opinion. I appreciate your response even in this crude form. It is at least better than absolute apathy!
If emotional behaviour of previous elections were replaced by critical thinking in this election, I would have agreed with you. But I think the emotional behaviour is replaced by ignorance and apathy in this election.
Dear Yaser,
You are right but please consider the fact that most of Iranain in Iran are facing various problems. Most trivial among them is waiting in traffic for two hours a day on average.
(Fortunately I personally do not have this problem; it takes me only 10 minutes to reach my office from home.) People like us who are the ones who are expected to contemplate on issues like this.
I do not say that we have a mission to save the society. This mentality in my opinion is outdated .
However, I am inviting everybody to start a discussion in Hamvarda on what they expect from their politicians, what are their priorities. How much of their needs can be satisfied by politicians.
Then, in the next election we can have a better and more clear mind to make our choice from the limited options that are available
There is .
No doubt that none of the candidates will be able to fulfill all our expectations even if the expectations in our opinion are too modest compared to what we believe is our true right.
However, still some will be better than the rest and can fulfill a larger portion of our expectations.
انتظار من زیاد نیست. خود من نیز بتوانم نماینده شوم٫ قوانین به گونه‌ای تغییر یابد که خود خودِ من بتوانم به بالاترین مقام اجرایی کشور برسم. تو هم همین طور٫ دیگر نویسندگان این‌جا هم‌همین طور. ولیعهد فراری هم٫ پسر خامنه‌ای و خمینی هم همین‌طور! جارو کش سر خیابان هم. هر کدام راه حل و اندیشه‌های خود را و روی‌کردهای خود را ارایه می‌دهیم تا ببینیم کدام اندیشه بیشترین رای را می‌آورد و مورد پسند مردم واقع می‌شود. مردم انتخاب درست را خواهند کرد! درستی یعنی انتخاب آنان پس از مشاهده‌ی تمام و آزاد
Dear Birooni,
Your expectation is of course reasonable and as we are all aware is something that with present situation in Iran is not fulfilled.
This is something that political activists are striving to achieve.
I admire them for their efforts but I am not an activists.I am just an ordinary citizen which wants to make the best of her little but still significant right of voting that is still left for her.
I must add one important point to your comment.
It is impossible that somebody with no experience of being in some serious council be elected and do significantly better than rest.
In my posts, I have always lamented "ghoore nashode maviz shodan" as a scientist!In politics, it is no different. People can aquire the necessary skills only gradually through constant practice.
Barring candidates is not acceptable.I am NOT saying this "as a matter of principle".
Politics is not the domain of "principle" but it is the domain of "compromise" for serving a higher principle which lies outside the realm of politics. Barring is bad not just because somebody's rights have been violated! In my pragmatist point of view, such limitations are not acceptable mostly because with this sort of behavor less people are finding the chance to learn the art of politics, professionally. Even those who are elected have to be concerned with such harassments rather than cocentrating on their resposibilities.
خواستم اضافه کنم شهروند یعنی شخصی که بالقوه می‌تواند به بالاترین مقام اجرایی برسد. اگر این شرط را برداریم او دیگر شهروند نیست رعیت است. هنوز به خواسته‌ام نگاه می‌کنم آن را بس خوار و گوچک می‌بینم. برایم مهم نیست که ساعاتی در ترافیک گیر کنم یا پول کرایه‌ی خانه‌ی دل‌خواهم یا رهن آن را نداشته باشم. یا به جای چلوکباب نان و پنیر بخورم. تنها می‌خواهم شهروند باشم نه رعیت!
Dear Birooni,
Of course, you are entitled to have your opinion, but you must be aware that the majority of the people in the world do not share your views. For majority of Iranians as well as other nationalities, economic issues and social welfare comes first.
Call them citizens or serfs. Naming does not matter.
The despots and tyrants do not allow you or them to exercize their full political rights.
But they have still the right to have their own priorities and act accordingly.
I do not have any right to look down on any body for having priorities different than mine.
منجوق عزیر٫ بر اساس کدام نظر سنجی یا آمار نظر بخش عمده‌ای از ایرانیان را دریافتی؟
Ok Birooni,
I cannot prove that for majority in Iran economy is a a higher priority than acknowledging the right you have mentioned. I myself am convinced that economy for most is the number 1 concern but I am not going to insist on it. From now on, I will only speak for myself and avoid proclaiming myself as the voice of others.
You are right to criticize.Many of our problems are created by those who believed they had divine duty to do this and that in name of people or Islam or nationalism or ....
I will only speak about my own concerns.
If I find more people with similar concerns, we can make allies to work together to achieve our goals. But neither I nor any body else has the right to impose his priorities to somebody else or mocking him/her for having different concerns.
Everyone can work and lobby for his own priorities. In the end of the day, those will reach their goals who had more realistic priorities, better strategies and a stronger determination.
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