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60. Politicians should pursue common ground and reasonable consensus rather than elusive ideals.


Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.




Shouldpoliticians pursue common ground and reasonable consensus rather than elusiveideals, as the speaker contends? I agree insofar as that it is conducive forpoliticians to seek common ground. But the speaker unfairly generalizes. In myopinion, whether the consensus should take precedence over elusive idealsdepends largely on how the speaker defines “elusive ideals.”


Tobegin with, it is undoubted that politicians should pursue common ground amongdifferent groups of interest. After all, effective politics is all aboutstriking the balance between competing interest while one particularpolitician, of course, can represent one part and one part only of the societyat best and therefore has to confront obstacles. So it is necessary to seekconsensus when pushing your own stance, without which none agreement will bemade and hence everybody suffers. It is a practical perspective for effectivepoliticians to adopt while holding their “elusive ideals.”

However,my very point of contention with the speaker lies in the very notion of “elusiveideals,” which is far too vague to draw any conclusion upon it. If by “elusiveideals,” the speaker means unrealistic political ideals, I would certainlyagree with the speaker that consensus should take precedence over them.Unrealistic ideals not only are premature and ill-conceived, which apparentlyneglect practicality, but also are misleading, guiding the society to a wrongdirection due to the wrong approach related.

Butwhen by “elusive ideals” the speaker simply means justice and rightful interestof minority, which indeed is elusive to those who don’t care, I stronglydisagree with the speaker. One can’t preclude the ideal of justice or rightfulinterest of minorities simply because they are hard to achieve. The history, onthe contrary, is replete with such examples. Consider President Lincoln, whorepresented the idealist and decisive hero in many people’s hearts, proposedand promoted the 3^rd amendment of the U.S. constitution, whichenfranchised all the slaves in America and granted them citizenship. Noticedthe timing, it was still during the American civil war, rendering suchamendment provocative to the southerners and might led to more fighting. Thereason that President Lincoln insisted legitimizing abortion of slavery is thatsuch justice cannot be compromised, upon which the nation relies. Another apt illustrationinvolves the Martin Luther King’s civil rights movement. Consider, if the abovetwo great man did not pursue “elusive ideals” and compromised with “commonground” held by the discriminating white politicians in different times, whatwill America be like, absent the great contributions made by black people andthe precious spirit of egalitarianism upon which freedom rests.

Besidesmy concession that compromise may to some extent be helpful, pursuing onlycommon ground and consensus will have untoward implications as well. First, inreality, the wide spread bureaucracy and ergo-driven politicians will make suchan originally conducive discussion a hell full of undue fustian and ends up inlow efficiency. It is always hard, sometimes even impossible, to reach aconsensus. Secondly, it is easy to lose the ultimate direction through lengthyand massive debates as well as piles of paper work every day. As for apolitician, the effective way is to always remain upright, believing in his ultimategoal, while being strategic and trying to find a way out. After all, an ideal unfulfilledis an ideal useless.

Insum, without expressly define the notion of “elusive ideals”, it is cursory toallege any generalization about political approaching. Although it isadvantageous under certain circumstances to pursue a consensus and commonground, however, it is sometimes either impossible or even pernicious to do so.Instead, effective politicians should always hold an ideal to remain conscienceand be apt enough to influence others and present their agenda despiteobstacles while looking for appropriate timing for facilitating a consensus. Asa result, whether consensus should take precedence over ideals for strategicreasons should be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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Although it isadvantageous under certain circumstances to pursue a consensus and commonground, however,

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