Politics today is a middlemen’s zone, smart goes to art or science, mid-range minds go to politics mostly; typically – activists, cops, money-makers… you will rarely meet genius people there, but usually just some lucky mediocre. Don’t mind exceptions, of course.
Sure that’s got reasons behind it, today’s politics seems to be a dull field full of dirt to sort through.
Would be great if we could somehow direct the best minds there, because so many things depend on politics, including phenomenons of masses manipulation, big resources delegation, laws making, etc.