Creative destruction or just plain destruction?

The crush of candidates for PASOK's leadership, the perpetual subdivision of SYRIZA in the Kasselakis vortex, the increasing attacks on the cohesive material in New Democracy (i.e. the promise of remaining in power under Kyriakos Mitsotakis) are all healthy elements of democracy. When the citizens are not enthralled by what the parties offer, the parties are forced to change wrapping, program or even their leadership. Elections (and, sometimes, televised debates) are catalysts for such change in politics. The questioning, the ferment, the proposals, the clashes are all elements of "creative destruction" which lead to renewal, to a new dynamism, new proposals and a new honeymoon with voters. The duration and intensity of this phase reveals much about the quality of the leadership (present, past and future), the health and structures of the political organism, the priorities of its...