Are we ordinary because we expect too much?

All politicians are liars, some more than others. Candidate for president in the US, Donald Trump has been deemed Liar of the Year by Politifact for 2015. Out of 77 statements made by Trump this year 16 were in 'Pants on Fire' category, which means absolute whoppers, and 77% were deemed to be lies. And yet he leads the Republican pack with 39% approval ratings, with Ted Cruz a distant second on 18%. So, why do his supporters overlook his blatant lies, his rudeness and his extremely crude language, saying that Hillary Clinton was 'schlonged' by Obama in 2008. When Trump was accused of being vulgar he defended himself by accusing the media of bias. People approve of Trump because he has not been in politics and so is seen as an outsider, which gives them an opportunity to " throw the bums out ". More important, people despise all politicians and so try to pick what they like out of all the promises that politicians make. In India, elections are decided by the poor who vote for whoever promises the most handouts, so there is no real debate about issues and the educated middle class think its a waste of time to vote. Trump's support comes from white working class people who have lost out in the transition of the economy from manufacturing to digital technology and finance and blame immigrants for taking away their jobs. This is apparently what is happening in Germany where support for right wing neo-Nazi is increasing. A few days back there was a mudslide of industrial waste in China. Industrial accidents are common in China but what is remarkable is the large number of excavators digging for survivors, the shining helmets and clean clothes of the rescuers and the advanced evacuation equipment. Contrast that with firemen in Delhi who took off their clothes and jumped bare bodied into sewage treatment tanks near Delhi airport, in this cold weather, to pull out bodies of Border Security Force officers, after a plane accident. No wetsuit or breathing equipment to keep the sewage off their bodies and out of their mouths. The daughter of one of the victims quite reasonably asked the Home Minister why our soldiers keep dying unnecessarily. We have lost hundreds of pilots in accidents because of faulty aircraft. Politicians and civil servants are never exposed to such risks even though they are the highest paid. Defence procurement is highly corrupt, with kickbacks in every deal. Who makes the deals? Politicians and civil servants. This is the real inequality in India. It is not that there are rich and poor, though there is huge inequality there, it is that politicians and civil servants have enormous powers over us and we can do nothing. Ordinary people all over the world are looking for real leaders. All we get are liars.