Yep. I try to do the following
  • Follow the incentives
  • Don't trust, verify
  • Don't believe liars
These are the main reasons I don't trust any politician and I sure don't put any hope in them. The whole system is designed to incentivize this behavior of deceiving people into thinking they care. The issue isn't JUST that politicians are snakes. Its that the system attracts those type of people and rewards this behavior.
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
~ Albert Camus