They say humans are social animals; that they like to be in the company of others rather than be alone.
I’d say this no longer holds truth. Humans have long since evolved from just being social buggers to being political fiends. Face it, society just loves politics! Individuals try to make themselves better than others. If pure hard work fails, they’ll strike below the belt to make sure the competitors fail or are hindered in some way. Individuals with a similar school of thought amalgamate and do the same thing, but this time in a group. In small sections of society these groups are formed. Even in these groups, there are politics between different persons. Rumours and gossiping soon follows and larger groups split into smaller ones, merge into other groups and so on.
The time has long past since we were just satisfied with being social. Like it or not, politics has taken a hold of our lives and will do so in the foreseeable future. It isn’t always a bad thing, more of a defence mechanism than anything else; but we should take care that we keep it under finger and not the other way round.
