If your hopes and wishes are confined to yourself, or your family, or your nation, or your class, or the adherents of your creed, you will find that all your affections and all your kindly feelings are paralleled by dislikes and hostile sentiments. From such a duality in men's feelings spring almost all the major evils in human life--cruelties, oppressions, persecutions, and wars.
＜寸言＞
古い発想ではありますが、人間の精神活動は「知情意」、つまり「知識」「感情」「意志」の三つの観点から見る必要があります。（人間としての「品性」も追加したほうがよいかも知れませんが、今回はやめておきます。）
知識が豊富である一方で心の狭い人、心は広いが知るべきことをあまり知らない人、知識や感情は豊かでも優柔不断で他人に迷惑をかける人は、社会からあまり歓迎されません。
ただし、政治家の場合、「知情意」のバランスが取れていることは必ずしも評価されません。現実には、同じような偏見や考え方を持った候補者が当選することが多いのです。ヘイトスピーチを行う候補者が時々選挙戦で勝利するのは、偏見を持ちながらも、実行力を重視する有権者が少なくないためです。
知性にあふれ、知識も豊富で、心が広いという理想的な姿が最も望ましいですが、残念ながら現在の世の中では、このような人物が政治家になることは稀です。
もちろん、消去法で最も無難な候補者に投票する人も少なくありません。では、あなたは「結果的に」どのような候補者に投票しているでしょうか？
Although it is an old-fashioned idea, human mental activity should be viewed from the three perspectives of "knowledge, emotion, and will" -- that is, "knowledge," "emotion," and "will." (It might also be worth adding "character" as a human quality, but I will refrain from doing so this time.)
People who are rich in knowledge but narrow-minded, those whose hearts are open but who lack essential knowledge, and those who are rich in knowledge and emotion but indecisive and cause trouble for others are generally not well received by society.
However, in the case of politicians, the balance of "knowledge, emotion, and will" is not necessarily valued. In reality, candidates who share similar prejudices and ways of thinking often win elections. The reason why candidates who engage in hate speech sometimes win is that a significant number of voters prioritize effectiveness while harboring their own biases.
An ideal politician would be one who is full of intelligence, rich in knowledge, and broad-minded, but unfortunately, in today's world, such individuals are rare in politics.
Of course, there are also many people who vote for the safest candidate through process of elimination. So, who do you, "in the end," end up voting for?
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