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Polls are designed to preserve interests of politicians and their cronies

Elections are rituals. [iStockphoto]

These days, elections, and by design politicians, don't excite me. I cringe in horror whenever I come across people who still believe elections can bring about meaningful change in the lives of ordinary folk; people who still think politicians care about the masses.

Elections are rituals. They don't count, and if they do, not for the good of the larger society. This truism however hasn't stopped the so-called constitutional democracies from believing in elections and spending billions of money on them every cycle.

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