Do you agree with this statement?

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3. Obviously "politicians" is an extremely broad generalization

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no different from asking "...are lawyers crooked?".

There are dedicated politicians such as Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Sanders, Daniel Akaka, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, Al Franken, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar and others working hard to create sane, compassionate, and progressive public policy that serves the public.

Then there are conservative politicians who work for policies that while you or I don't agree, they sincerely believe are in the public interest.

And then there are those cretins who betray the public trust and work for policies that serve only themselves and narrow interests of the wealthy and powerful.

There will always be politicians. No organized society and certainly no populous modern state can exist without them. I think it's important to distinguish the good ones from the bad ones. Generalizations are sometimes necessary but it's important to not lose sight of the fact that generalizations aren't reality.