Fellow Iranians here ask me would I have voted if I was in Iran. My answer, which surprizes them, is " of course, yes". Yes, I feel regret that I am not going to be able to vote tomorrow. I would have made a list of the candidates that propose relatively well-defined plans for addressing the economic problems in Iran. If the plan sounded reasonable and if they had shown satisfactory capability in their previous responsibility, I would have voted for them.
I am not interested in candidates who claim that they are the heroes who are going to fight against the Mafia.
Or those who claim they have "relatively" liberal views.
I dislike those that to gain credit, draw a monstrous image of their rivals.
I prefer a woman or man with firm economic plans and great managerial skill even if her/his viewpoints are quite different from me.
I have always avoided to write about politics in Hamvarda, but, after all, political issues affect our life, too. I think some general discussion is not bad provided that it does not take over every thing. My criterion for talking or not talking politics is to be aware of the possibility of being manipulated by different candiates . In fact, most of those who run for parliament are manipulative. They make such a fuss as if in case they are not elected, the world will end. I am skeptical about such claims and avoid those who claim that they have a divine duty to run for a seat in parliament to rid us from their monstrous rivals.
I believe we should address the question in particular cases separately. As far as political apathy is concerned
my answer is the following: In the past, those who had claimed to be heroes who fight against monstors, in practice, have not considerably done better. So, people feel their vote would not make any difference.
But, in my humble opinion, the solution is not indifference and boycotting the polls. To solve the problems ONE BY ONE, we should look for more professional rather than heroic candidates. In the end I add, we should not demand every change from politics. Most of problems can be solves only ONE BY ONE and by ordinary citizen through community work.
That is why I do not like over-emphasis on politics and believe
that we should not allow politics to dominate everything.
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من کاملا با نظرت در مورد انتخاب کانديداهاي عمل‌گرا موافقم. کانديدي که عملگراست و علم عملگرايي رو هم داره. طرح‌هاي قابل اجراي (به خصوص) کوچک داره. به قدم هاي کوچک فکر مي‌کنه. قصد تغييرات اساسي در سيستم رو نداره.
واقعيتش ما هنوز نشستيم که " کسي بيايد. کسي که مثل هيچ‌کس نيست و همه چيز را قسمت کند." ما با وجود گذشت بيش از سي سال(يعني عمر يک نسل) از اصلاحات ارضي و پشت سر گذاشتن يک انقلاب همچنان شعور اجتماعي دوران خان سالاري رو داريم. که خاني بايد براي آبادي ده ما تصميم بگيرد. وگرنه ..
فکر مي‌کنم در کنار اين مسائلي که مطرح شد بايد به اين سوال اساسي هم پاسخ بدهيم که باسواد شدن چقدر باعث رشد شعور اجتماعي ما شده. به نظر مياد بخش عمده‌اي از تحريم کنندگان انتخابات قشر تحصيل کرده‌اي‌ست که دست بر قضا فکر مي‌کنه که خيلي خوب فکر مي‌کنه!! چون درس خونده. چون باسواده. چون دانشگاه ديده‌ست. اين مسئله درس‌خوانده‌هاي شناور در فضاي فکري روستايي داره بدجوري آينده همهمون رو به خطر ميندازه.
Hi,
Thank you for your comment. I think the problem is that our college-educated people in general are not educated enough. They have just passed entrance exam and some courses. Most of them do not have an in-depth knowledge of their own recent history let alone the world history. For example, I once was talking to one of our colleagues at our institute. He is about 40 years old and a professor in a recently founded university. I realized he does not know about "Pak-saazi"in universities that took place in the early years after revolution. He did not have any idea which universities in Iran were built before revolution and which ones are more recently founded. He believed Tabriz university is built after the revolution!Yet, he is better informed than most college professors!With this level of knowledge how much do you expect?!
Still these partly-educated people are better than uneducated ones.That is right that uneducated people go and vote. But the question is for whom.They vote for someone whose economic plan is to lower the interest that private banks ask but at the same time increase the interest they give. "Peidaa konid Portaghal foroosh raa!" At least, an educated person would not vote for such a candidate.
By the way, I started voting seriously since I read the famous book on constitutional movement (by Ahmad Kasravi that I borrowed from you. Thank you for that.Do you remember? It was about 13 years ago. Before Khatami came to power!We (college students such as you and me )had our own world, in those years, apart from the mainstream whose obsession was the price of gold coins and Dollars that doubled in a week!!
Come to think of it, situation in Iran now is much better. At least we have relative economic stability. That unreasonably rapid fluctuation in prices of gold and dollar had stirred a gambling mood in many Iranians killing moralism worse than any casino can possibly do.
من رای می دم چون رای ندادن عاقبت خوشی نداره. میگن رای ندیم که آخرش انقلاب شه. کسانی که دم از انقلاب میزنند نمیدونن انقلاب چیه. نمیدونن اعدام یعنی چه. اونا هیچ وقت حال مادری رو درک نمیکنن که نصفه شب جنازه دو تا پسرش رو میندازن تو خونه. نمیدونن نصفه شب ریختن توی خونه یعنی چه. نمیدونن از کار بیکار شدن پدر خونه یعنی چیه. دهنشون رو پر میکنن و میگن انقلاب. مگه میشه همه چی یک دفعه تغییر کنه بدون اینکه مردم تغییری کرده باشن. دموکراسی که زوری نیست. تو انقلاب اول سرها رو میبرن بعد میشمرن. فکر نکنید که در امانید.
من هم میدونم حضرات از اصلاح طلب و اصول گرا و غیره به فکر قدرت اند و همه این دعواها سر لحاف ملاست و اصلا همه اون داستانهای سه چهار خط بالا کار همین اصلاح طلب های فعلیه. اما یکدستتر شدن قدرت مضراتی داره که قابل قیاس با هیچ چیز دیگه ای نیست. همیشه چند دستگی قدرت بهتره. این داستان تا کجا میخواد ادامه داشته باشه؟ اول همه متحد و از دور خارج کردن کمونیست ها دوباره همه متحد و نفله کردن ملی گراها باز همه با هم و از رده خارج کردن ملی مذهبی ها حالا هم که نوبت خط امامی های سابقه. تازه هیچی نشده حضرات اصولگرا هم چند دسته شدند. تا کجا؟ اگه جلوشو نگیریم تا حاکمیت نظامی ها ادامه پیدا میکنه. حاکمیتی که قطعا دوام نداره و به انقلاب منجر میشه و باز دوباره همون داستان ها.
من رای میدم چون به هیچ تغییر ناگهانی و خشنی اعتقاد ندارم. اعتقاد ندارم چون حسش کردم. من رای میدم چون معتقدم هر حکومتی در دنیا نماینده واقعی مردمشه. اگر قراره تغییر کنه مردم باید تغییر کنن و این تغییر رو به اطلاع برسونن. اطلاع رسانی نه با فریاد که با رای. چون دنیای متمدن به این نتیجه رسیده. نتیجه ای که در پسش قرنها تجربه است. تجربه یعنی تاریخ.
به تاریخ احترام بگذاریم.
Political instability is poison both for economic growth and for the newly-born scientific community. Voting is a safe way to prevent instability
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