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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptocracy On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:59 AM, KC Ravi <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > > interesting point.........with or without Anna!!!!!! > > *Subject: **Fw: KLEPTOCRACY* > > The classical models of governance are: > > Democracy: Government by the people, of the people, for the people. > > Monarchy: Government by a single ruler (king/queen, emperor) > > Aristocracy: Government by noblemen (hereditary) > > Oligarchy: Government by few persons > > Theocracy: Government by God (in reality this means government by > religious leaders) > > Dictatorship: Government by people, that have seized power by force > (often: military dictatorship) > > We have a government which does not fit any of the above classifications, > even though our politicians and commentators keep calling it a democracy. > > Once in five years the people go to vote and elect their leaders. After > that they have no say in how these representatives treat the people or the > country. It is like getting married and finding out that your spouse is > free to be as adulterous as he or she wishes, and you cannot even divorce > him or her.There is no right to recall. > > People do not have any referendum where they can say whether any planned > legislation is to their liking or not. > > The choice of who to elect, in practice, is limited by the money and > influence of the political parties. 156 Parliamentarians have serious > criminal cases going on against them. Some are in jail. Many others deserve > to be. Often governments are saved by bribing MPs. > > Given the above, ours is definitely not government by the people. > > After the elections, the elected representatives are not of the people any > more. They vote themselves massive pay raises, making them immune to > inflation, travel in luxury cars with red lights on them, have a very high > level of security, eat highly subsidised food in the Parliament canteen, > enjoy VIP medical care, almost unlimited free travel and so on. No, our > elected representatives are definitely not of the people. > > Is our governance for the people? After over six decades of such > governance, there is virtually no public transport system in the villages. > Medical care, if it exists, is rudimentary. Roads are a disgrace. Inflation > rages uncontrolled. Terrorists strike at will. Open and overflowing sewers, > even in urban areas are an invitation to dengue, malaria and worse. No, our > government is not for the people. > > When our government is not by the people, of the people or for the people, > how can we call it a democracy in the classical sense? No we are not a > democracy. Equally, we are not a dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy, > oligarchy or aristocracy. What are we then? > > I recently came across a word which precisely defines our government > system. We are a kleptocracy. The word is defined below: > > PRONUNCIATION: > (klep-TOK-ruh-see) > > MEANING: > *noun*: A government by the corrupt in which rulers use their official > positions for personal gain. > > ETYMOLOGY: > From Greek klepto-, from kleptes (thief) + -cracy (rule). > > We are indeed a Kleptocracy. If the people want to make us into a > democracy, we have to act now. Anna Hazare has shown the way. Even if we do > not agree with everything he says, we need to sit back and introspect and > then find a better way to bring about this transformation. If we have > nothing better to offer, let us stop criticizing Anna Hazare and his team > and do our part in improving India. If we have something better to offer, > let us offer it and prove that it is indeed better. 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