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We all agree with the "a product of the party machine/apparatus" (we've all already agreed with this early on) ... but how does this person, this "(end) product" behave? How would we describe and identify this person? Could we describe them as a career politician who cares more about...

(.... why did you dredge up this thread, cougr?) ;-) "σωλήνα" is sounding more and more like a "bubble" or an echo chamber ... and "παιδί του κομματικού σωλήνα" a "child" or a person who's "grown up" or whose career is taking place and flourishing (perhaps?) in a political bubble, a partisan...

I was thinking of something like: "a rearling of the party apparatus"? ... but it's a bit out there (mid 19th Century English). where γέννημα θρέμμα = rearling.

nickel ... What you suggested in your opening post #1 ... "a product of the party apparatus" was basically it. We've just been rehashing and paraphrasing it since (I said "product of party politics"in my post #3). But what I was getting at in #12 was that, perhaps, there might be another way to...

μηπως παιζει και το "γέννημα-θρέμμα" της αριστερας, κτλ ; A "born and bred" left-wing politician, fascist, etc... ? born and bred phrase of born by birth and upbringing, especially with reference to someone considered a typical product of a place. "he was a Cambridge man born and bred"

Even if it stalls and crashes, with its rubber fuselage it'll just be going Boeing, Boeing, Boeing.

Έχω δουλειά μπροστά μου ... για να γίνω άνθρωπος. ... ισως παίζει και το "ταξίδι προς τον καλύτερο εαυτό μου" ... "στον δρόμο προς τον καλύτερο εαυτό μου”. ;

Ομορφιά εν μέσω του χάους.

... και αναφερομαι παντα σε αυτην την εκδοχη του confessionalism ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessionalism_(religion) ... και οχι στο politics. ... εβαλα τον λαθος σύνδεσμο στο #17 (politics). I believe Liakos is similarly referring to the religious version and making the same...

ελεύθερα σκεπτόμενοι ... Όποιος βιάζεται σκοντάφτει.

Μονο απο την αποψη οτι (εχω και εγω τις επιφυλάξεις μου): το πολιτικό δόγμα ή η "δηλωμένη αρχή της κυβερνητικής πολιτικής" έχει την αναλογία της στον "εξομολογητισμό/κονφεσιοναλισμό," και ομοίως δεν επιτρέπει την ελεύθερη σκέψη ή την απόκλιση από τις δηλωμένες αρχές. Οι ελεύθεροι σκεπτόμενοι...

I think the "culture of confessionalism," used analogously here, starts with the creation of "self" or a distinct "self identity"(under one's own banner and "creed") and a narrative that supports how you want to portray yourself and promote your ambitions, and thereby the creation of...

(που ανέφερα ... I need to get my eyes checked and a spell-checker):mad:

"confessionalists stress the importance of religious doctrine, while non-confessionalists say that shared values are more important than adherence to exact beliefs." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessionalism_(religion) "culture of confessionalism" που ανάφερε στο #9, νομίζω είναι περίπου...

..or just a "culture of confessionalism?"

Ίσως κάτι σαν το "cultural indoctrination" θα ταιριαζε, εδω; (probably not?) There's also confessional indoctrination? What is confessional approach? Confessionalists believe that differing interpretations or understandings, especially those in direct opposition to a held teaching, cannot be...

a.k.a. culture of oversharing?

.... and where "sickly amount" = "sickening amount" (="nauseating amount").

She's not defiled with/tainted by a "sickly amount" of good health = She's defiled with no "sickly amount" of good health. :-) (where "sickly amount" = " offensive exuberance")