--- In [email protected], "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with OffWorld. Democracy gives the people the chance to get > rid of worthless rulers without a civil war. It provides this crucial > safety net as a MINIMUM feature. It doesn't stop an "enlightened" > Movement that can provide MAXIMUM benefits to society to NATURALLY > win power in order to deliver such benefits. But it stops Movements > PRETENDING to do so from overstaying their welcome. > > Therefore it makes NO SENSE to oppose democracy. It is easier to hide > behind a mystique of superiority, as royalty and the nobility did not > that long ago, than to face an electorate that can register > satisfaction or disatisfaction. This way the voice of the people is > HEARD at least whereas typically in undemocratic systems voicing > opinions against the ruling elite, even if justified, is dangerous > and suppressed, usually brutally so. > > Apart from deriding democracy I've heard MMY laugh at the concept of > human rights.. With such a role model, completely sold on the up- down > flow of knowledge and rights, is it a wonder that most of us are > resistant to this MISGUIDED trend in the Movement? > > Talking of women, for instance, look how all the leaders of the > Movement now are MEN - women are just "mothers" now. They are all > dressed up as if they are Indians - what happened to the idea > of "cultural integrity"? Why can't Westerners be THEMSELVES, with > their own values etc? > > The idealization of monarchy assumes truly enlightened and benign > rulers - an utopian dream; whereas democracy assumes there will be > conflict of interests and unenlightened tendencies around (which can > be CLEVERLY camouflaged) hence posits a SAFETY mechanism to MINIMIZE > such unfortunate but frequent possibilities, as evidenced by the > WHOLE of recorded history so far.. > snip>
Totally agree with you. Very well expressed, from the heart, and not from some bullshit brain-washing. Well said. I am with you on this, and will never let anyone kill democracy, unless they are bliss-bomb dropping aliens or something. Not gonna happen in my life-time. Time for the Ru's to stand up and state what they believe about democracy. Americans (and Brits) are brain-washed and cynical about democracy, but if it REALY WAS TAKEN AWAY from them, then they would cry like babies for the days we are in now. Wake-up people...and speak for yourself....not your creed. OffWorld .
