the hope of the nation

I didn't vote in the University Student Council elections yesterday.
Not due to apathy or laziness, but due to principle.
I will not participate in any activity where the participants are hypocrites.
The candidates claimed to be for a "progressive" and "alternative" approach to politics.
What?
They were the first people to decry the abuses and mistakes and failings of an incompetent and decadent goverment, but they are also the first to emulate those same abuses and mistakes and failings.
The USC elections, like the national elections, was rife with black propaganda, mudslinging, and disinformation. One party experienced defections, probably due to factionalism or to a power struggle. Another party threw "mud" all over the place. The third "party" scrapped all legitimacy with a "manifesto of principled unity", creating an "independent" party whose candidates had declared their independent status but campaigned together, had the same style of posters, had the same color code, and had a complete slate of candidates, from chairperson to college representatives.
The past USC administrations also had their scandals and other problems, like an incomplete budget report or insufficient action, even inaction, on issues involving the students whose welfare they were supposed to protect.
Behavior just like what one would expect from the politicians in the national government.

The future leaders of our country...
The hope of the nation...

haaay....