Embouitallage

The French 'Title' literally translates to traffic jam in English...
It is popularly said that "One is either a part of the problem or a part of the solution"...
Yesterday evening I was stick in a traffic hold up which was caused due to a VIP's movement in that area...
It was in this sedatary state that a thought occured to me, which goes...
All the people in the hold up can be categorised in to three, viz
1) those who have voted for the ruling party,
2) those who have voted for the opposition &
3) those who did not cast their ballot...
The feelings of those belonging to the third category would be straight forward -> I did a good thing by not voting for such an unempathetic lot (indirectly meaning, not having taken their side)...
The people belonging to the second category would feel I did a great thing by not voting for those in power since as it turns out they have no concern for citizens time...
The feelings of those who actually voted for the party or coalition in power would wonder why they had voted for someone who is so nonchalant towards to its supporters...
Interesting point here is that the members of the first two categories are blaming the effect & not the cause, it could so easily be the case that the second & first categories would get interchanged in the next election but the result would still remain the same...
So going back to the popular phrase of either being a part of the problem or a part of the solution, neither of the categories in question fall under either of the dicotomic headings (they are neither the problem nor the solution)...
Unmindful of what they had done the outcome would still have been the same...
Point to ponder over here would be to analyze what is going wrong, on one hand I say none of the partys is at fault but for sure there is a problem on hand, how can there be a fault without a defaulter...
The only goof up here seems to be that 'vote', which is said to be one of the most powerful tools in the hands of citizens is not as powerful as it is made out to be after all...
It is very easy to say the political class ought to be made more accountable, not just in the spirit of the word but in the literal sence of the word...

Signing off...