Better to be a influential outsider by far.

@parhizj So why people become politicians?

@MrLuke255 In my opinion, politicians want power not system change.

@parhizj power is the ability to change or influence systems

@brubsby the illusion of it anyway

@parhizj Don't activists also want the feeling of being in power?

@MrLuke255 I should have been more specific and said I believe politicians want individual power, whereas activists would want power derived from collective agency. Even so, I have become pessimistic in the last few years, believing that power exerted towards systems change does not imply the power to effect better outcomes to wicked problems like climate change.