Relations between Culture and politics

Even though many people do not realize culture and politics have a similar meaning, they are systems that express the will or habit of most of a group of people. These two systems are confused with the will of the people, because they reflect the decisions made by the majority. In this way, we can think that knowing the political system of a country, knows its people. However, some reasons lead me to believe that this is not so.

Firstly, I believe that the spaces built by the relationship between politics and culture are always filled with tension, because there are different points of view that are discussed in these spaces and I consider this discussion healthy. In democratic countries, such as the USA, part of the population is always dissatisfied with the result chosen by the majority. After all, you can not please everyone and this applies to both concepts: politics and culture. With the difference that in culture, foreigners usually do not like the customs and decisions of certain people; Already in politics, there is disagreement between members of the same culture.

The second reason to think that a people is not always represented by its political regime is based on the fact that part of the population does not support the actions or promises of elected leadership and this shows that people of the same culture can and do have different thoughts.

Finally, in democratic regimes, if the political leader proposes to maintain freedom and equality, he will certainly have the majority vote. But if the other part of the population wants to maintain a more conservative political regime, there will certainly be problems, because people do not always use diplomacy to argue on the streets. Elections are a fair way to resolve this disagreement. Each person has the opportunity to express their decision without having to justify anything.

I was able to attend an important political moment in the US presidential elections, and I confess that I was surprised. Before the result, I saw many internet discussions about candidate A or B. Some people on the street commented on their choice and even spoke poorly of the opponent. But, when they released the final result I experienced a patriotic shower ... people who were not satisfied with the result said: We are not happy but,  the important thing is to live in a free country.  All of them want the new president to do the best for the nation. In my opinion, this is incredibly surprising, because although I am from a democratic country, I have never witnessed so much respect for a legally constituted authority. I believe I learned to be a bit more patriotic because of the behavior of some North Americans.