A Vote to Light the Lights - 1977, Politics from Far to Near (1977)

A Vote to Light the Lights - 1977, Politics from Far to Near (1977)

This dialogue article, published in 1977, is about "the courage to get involved again" in an era of political distrust. The narrator once prided himself on his abstentionism and believed in the "freedom to turn his back on politics. However, after the exposure of corruption and social stagnation caused by the Lockheed affair (1976), he came to the conclusion that "it is precisely because we don't believe in something that we should get involved. The conversation takes place in a coffee shop. The young people discuss how "politics is an extension of life," and seek to participate not as an ideology but as an actual experience. The New Liberty Club's philosophy of "bringing politics into daily life" was born out of this atmosphere, and the New Liberty Club, which emerged in the 1976 general election, stood between the two major conservative parties and, while wavering between ideals and reality, symbolized a renewed approach to politics. It became a symbol of a renewed approach
to politics. This essay quietly records the moment when people living in an era of disappointment once again tried to find hope in a small vote.