>>34135It's only hard because people believe it to be hard and in the grand scheme of statistics it's very unlikely for you to go anywhere. But that's not taking into consideration your competition when you actually do try to go somewhere and the paradigm we're currently in is one that's more rewarding on staunch idealist types that can connect with people over 'politician' politicians that can change on a dime but are perceived by the majority as fake.
Of course either way it's a lot of work, but for more smaller positions in government where one would start out they're not full time jobs and you can start building a foundation well before you retire.
Of course I can only really say this because for me I know how to reach people that can help me reach other people that would help me in the pursuit of my goals, for someone that has absolutely no help whatsoever it may be harder without some innate insane charisma that will endear others to you.