Politicians elected by the People seem to hate the people who elected them. These politicians much prefer the new people, who do not pay taxes and who do not vote. The politicians will bend over backwards to do favors for these interlopers. And screw the citizens who put the politicians into power.
This seems to be true around the world. It’s weird.
After the uprising of the 17th June
The Secretary of the Writers Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee
Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?
--Bertolt Brecht, The Solution, 1953