No. The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a relationship... Everything has its time. And everything ends.
I think politics has the tremendous possibility to be positive and the ability to affect real change... as long as it doesn't involve any people in the process whatsoever.
I may be bald. I may have shiny skin and skinny arms. I may be a stone overweight. If you can't see passed that, to who I am, then I don't need you in my life.