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title: THE REDESIGN OF POLITICS
slug: politics
canonical: https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics
kicker: REDEFINING POLITICS, REDESIGNING POLITICS FOR ADULTS
author: Omar — Abdul-Jabbar ibn Yusuf
license: CC BY 4.0
license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
---

# THE REDESIGN OF POLITICS

Redesign how ideas are argued, citizens participate, leaders are challenged, and power is held accountable.

## Redefining Politics, Redesigning Politics for Adults

**Politics was never meant to be noise, spectacle, or endless outrage.**

Its original meaning, drawn from the Greek *polis*, referred to the shared life of a community—how people organize themselves, resolve disputes, distribute responsibilities, preserve justice, and protect the future of their society.

A politician was not an entertainer or manipulator, but a caretaker of collective order—someone trained in wisdom, restraint, ethics, and long-term thinking.

Over time, this meaning has eroded.

Politics has become a marketplace of outrage, a battlefield of identity, and a theater of ambition.

Its language has grown aggressive, its incentives predatory, and its emotional volatility now spills into every corner of public life.

This collapse has had consequences—especially for children, who are now exposed to the hatred, psychological warfare, and moral confusion of adult political struggles.

In Islam, moral responsibility begins at maturity. Before that, a child is not held accountable for sin. Their moral ledger has not yet opened.

Politics has ignored this wisdom.

It now floods every space indiscriminately—homes, schools, entertainment, and childhood itself.

> This essay argues that politics must be re-segregated by maturity—not censored, but structured.

Adult politics should exist in adult spaces, governed by adult rules, adult accountability, and adult consequences.

Before redesigning what politics should become, we must first remember what it was: a discipline of collective responsibility—not a psychological hazard for the unformed mind.

This is the redesign of politics.

Not more noise. Not more outrage. Not more spectacle.

A return to seriousness.

A return to responsibility.

**A return to adulthood.**

Markdown: https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics/redefining-politics.md

## The comic books

- [Politics for Children — Part One](https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics/children-part-1)
  A comic book that tries to explain politics to a child without lying to them, and the story of finding out whether that was even possible.
  Markdown: https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics/children-part-1.md
- [Politics for Children — Part Two](https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics/children-part-2)
  Made during the Trump years, with one rule held throughout — never name him, never point a finger. Look at the strings instead.
  Markdown: https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics/children-part-2.md
- [Politics — Comic Book for Adults](https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics/adults)
  A rebound after 2016 that refused to curdle into bitterness, and the design it turned into — a hall where arguments are weighed instead of shouted.
  Markdown: https://omararizona.com/redesign/politics/adults.md