politics

humans are inherently self serving, no matter how many 'nation over community, society above self' (i actually remembered that from my primary school exercise book) messages are sent out. people will instinctively put their own interests ahead of those of the people around them. and so there is a problem. because although there are some people who couldn't care less about personal glory, there aren't enough.

it's like the English football team. they have star players, but they lost to Croatia because they made the mistake of fielding their 11 best players. what should be done is to field the best team of eleven players, and that's what Italy did in the world cup, what Brazil did in Copa. sometimes star players are not the key to everything. sometimes it is the outsiders, fighting for their chance, that can change the course of history. think john o'shea.

and it's all the more frustrating when you do everything within your power to fight for a place, and it never gets anywhere in the end