The issue of what goals politics should pursue is

complex and has many nuances. While each side has it's
strengths and weaknesses, I believe that politics should
focus on finding common ground and reaching
reasonable consensus. To force politics to reach ideals
would be unreasonable and would result in little
forward progress. Political policies and debates must
encompass the needs of large populations who have
very different ideals and can not ignore the needs of
populations whose ideals do not align with the majority.
Therefore, politics should focus on appeasing the
population as a whole and reaching common grounds
agreeable to every party involved.

Political topics range from those of environmental issues to

those of policies regarding every day life. To attempt to
establish one ideal that addresses the requirements and beliefs of
an entire population would prove to be impossible. Attempting
to establish and accomplish an ideal will hinder forward
progress in political matters because finding common ground
will be impractical . For example, rural areas of a nation will
have different ideals than the industrial areas of the same nation.
With out allowing compromise, terms will never be met and
policies would not be set in place. Additionally, politics often
take a global stage. The pursuit of global politics should be to
find common ground amongst nations that have different
religious and cultural ideals. In many cases, if compromise is not
allowed resolution can never be achieved.
Additionally, if all political issues were based around the goal of
reaching an ideal, there would be many issues that were not
addressed when implementing a policy causing national unrest
with the political system. The task of reaching an ideal would be
so large that policies would not be able to incorporate the needs
of every population, denying some citizens representation in
political matters. Unrest amongst the citizens would fester,
casting doubt on the ability of the government. Distaste for the
government would result in doubt in it's abilities to reach
compromise and appease the nation's basic needs. A political
system that can not reach compromise will fail.
Conversely, political systems should not discredit the value of
ideals. If there is one single ideal that can appease the nation as a
whole then the government should pursue that ideal. There are
many ideals that are shared by populations, such as a basic
standard of living and the availability of education. The pursuit
of common ideals can increase the moral of citizens and grant
them hope for better futures. These ideals should not be ignored,
however, political policies should not be denied the ability to
reach compromise.
In conclusion, political goals should not rule out the possibility
of reaching an ideal if that ideal is widespread through out the
nation. However, often times this is not the case and the pursuit
of finding a common ideal will only result in the hinderance of
progress within the political system. Therefore, I do not believe
that the only goal of a political system should be to reach ideals
but also to accept compromise.