Democracy vs Elective Oligarchy
Some Definitions:
Democracy - "a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges." and a, "government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system."
Elective - "Permitting or involving a choice; optional: elective surgery."
Oligarchy - "Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families. Those making up such a government." and, "A state governed by a few persons."
The definitions above help us to observe, literally, and figuratively, in black and white, the obvious difference between a government of the people who have, at their core, the 'peoples' best interest at heart, and an elective government run by the few, of whom, it is hard to believe exist for the goodness of the general population at large.
Yet, this is what is meant when we talk about democracy in the modern sense. We regard, in Britain, that our government is a democracy because 'we the people..." elected them by the power of vote, and therefore have a certain amount of control over the decisions affecting our lives and politics governing our country.
Unfortunately, this is a myth. An 'untruth', an exaggeration of what is really happening, or has happened over the last few hundred years. We assume that 'democracy' is a modern invention that has shown, quite clearly, that is a shining beacon of light for those other political regimes who oppose such a standard of liberal, equal opportunities such as tyranny, totalitarianism, fascism, and communism as a whole. Democracy stands with its head held high, spouting puritanical zeal about its legacy on the modern, Western, Capitalist, developed world.
This 'reality' is nothing more than pretense. This 'reality' is not. Therefore, I aim to discuss in the very briefest of senses in this blog, why it is not.
Democracy vs Elective Oligarchy.....errmmm!! Yes, the eyes cloud over and the minds wander elsewhere for we do not discuss such issues, frighteningly 'brainy' and 'intellectual' issues, and quite frankly, 'boring' issues such as politics!? Why concern myself with these things when in ten minutes I get to find out whether, 'Martin in EastEnders' is going to get charged, or whether, 'Mandy in Coronation Street' is going to discover her husband is having an affair...you see, how can Democracy and Oligarchy possibly compete???
Switch the television off! That is not a polite request, but an order! Yes, now I am infringing on your rights as a human being and telling you, quite directly what you can, and cannot do, therefore I am clearly making a distinction between what is 'right and wrong', yes? NO!!
By definition, an Elective Oligarchy is a political regime vastly different from what we usually call it....Democracy. In its true sense, democracy is a political regime which serves the interest of ALL its citizens, and prescribes equal rights for all, abolishes slavery, and encourages free thought, which incorporates free speech, and, by definition, 'dissenting' opinion.
This is a lovely, 'hold dear to my heart', political 'Mills and Boon' which serves to make the people, yes you! Feel warm, and safe no matter what the interest rate rises are, and how many man hours you need to work, to keep your family in the life it deserves.
I am a dissident, I am also, for that matter, a blasphemer, a philistine, and a 'wanker' to those who oppose me. Good, now do you feel better? I don't. You see, I have to witness on a daily basis the corruption all around me, I am, in the words of an agent in the Matrix, 'suffocated by it'. 'Its the smell...' The vile smell of power gone wrong, of power being abused, of our 'innocent' civilians, as we all are, until PROVEN GUILTY, being raped by our own government, by those who are there to protect us and serve us. Unfortunately, unless you are partially sighted (emotionally) you understand that it is YOU who serves them, not the other way around.
All the dressing up and lies, built on more lies, leads you down a merry path of contentment, where you can no longer find where one corrupt law starts and another one begins. A 'hell' in the biblical sense.
We elect every four years a government who will serve us and protect us as a whole, agreed? Ok, now think to yourself, I am from a family of suffragettes who chained themselves, quite literally, to allow the liberation of womens rights, and with that, the right to vote. This was a great achievement, no one can deny........fast forward to the present.
You are on your way to the ballot box, knowing, 'secretly' who you are going to vote for, I mean, how can Conservatives get in again!? Yes, you 'secretly' tick a box, and hope, and in some sense, truly 'believe', that this time it will be different. Taxes will come down, I will get a long-awaited pay increment, and violent youths will finally be stopped in their tracks. Very nice sentiment, one felt by most of the 'sheep', sorry, citizens of the United Kingdom. How much time, lets say, prior to the vote did you observe a variety of political opinion? How much time did you spend discussing the finer points of the proposals made by your local candidate? How much awareness of the political opinions, and 'swaying' did you consider of the national tabloid that lands on your hallway carpet just in time for breakfast? I am guessing, not very much! And this is my, admitted, convoluted way of saying, YOU ARE A MUG!!
You have no rights, once elected, to judge, criticise, or impeach any government, or government representative because you have e-voted them in. Fact! The damage is done. You get fed the usual nonsense of how, initially anyway, the government will have to 'raise' taxes because of the damage caused by the last government, and how, 'eventually' you will be better off. But the frank truth is you are never better off. By 'using' your vote, you have not 'done your bit', for Queen and Country, you have just paid off a big, handful of the fattest Chairmans and Managing Executives from around the world, and ensured the abuses of power continue. Frightening, when all you remember, is whether 'Mandy' will find out if her husband is having an affair, isn't it?
The government whether Conservative, or Labour, or Republican, or Democratic, believe in one thing. Capitalism! They need to encourage consumerism in order to encourage production, but at what cost? To rape the land, and cause a global catastophe known as 'Global Warming', Yes, it does really exist, no matter what, David Bellamy says!
You believe you NEED the new Xbox, your kids certainly do. You believe you NEED the latest Prada phone, or Iphone. You believe you couldn't possibly live without the new Dyson washing machine, or hoover (eight cyclones, WOW!) We have forgotten what being alive, and human is all about. It is not about prestige, or gifts, or money, economics, or pay increases. It is about being happy, not in the material sense, but truly content with what one has. Contentment ensures the death of Capitalism, and the death of Capitalism ensures the death of 'Democracy', and ensuring the death of Democracy, one ensures the death of, perhaps, Wars based on Greed (oil for one, and one for oil!), Wars based on Religion (bye bye Christianity and Catholicism), and Wars for wars sake ( hello, Terrorism!).
This is just, my small-minded, dangerous, and dissenting voice of opinion which counts for little. I am even encouraged by the current American propaganda war to join the fog of Bloggers to help wash away 'analytical truth' from this world, but you believe what you want, because, surely that is the beauty of living in a democracy?
Democracy - "a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges." and a, "government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system."
Elective - "Permitting or involving a choice; optional: elective surgery."
Oligarchy - "Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families. Those making up such a government." and, "A state governed by a few persons."
The definitions above help us to observe, literally, and figuratively, in black and white, the obvious difference between a government of the people who have, at their core, the 'peoples' best interest at heart, and an elective government run by the few, of whom, it is hard to believe exist for the goodness of the general population at large.
Yet, this is what is meant when we talk about democracy in the modern sense. We regard, in Britain, that our government is a democracy because 'we the people..." elected them by the power of vote, and therefore have a certain amount of control over the decisions affecting our lives and politics governing our country.
Unfortunately, this is a myth. An 'untruth', an exaggeration of what is really happening, or has happened over the last few hundred years. We assume that 'democracy' is a modern invention that has shown, quite clearly, that is a shining beacon of light for those other political regimes who oppose such a standard of liberal, equal opportunities such as tyranny, totalitarianism, fascism, and communism as a whole. Democracy stands with its head held high, spouting puritanical zeal about its legacy on the modern, Western, Capitalist, developed world.
This 'reality' is nothing more than pretense. This 'reality' is not. Therefore, I aim to discuss in the very briefest of senses in this blog, why it is not.
Democracy vs Elective Oligarchy.....errmmm!! Yes, the eyes cloud over and the minds wander elsewhere for we do not discuss such issues, frighteningly 'brainy' and 'intellectual' issues, and quite frankly, 'boring' issues such as politics!? Why concern myself with these things when in ten minutes I get to find out whether, 'Martin in EastEnders' is going to get charged, or whether, 'Mandy in Coronation Street' is going to discover her husband is having an affair...you see, how can Democracy and Oligarchy possibly compete???
Switch the television off! That is not a polite request, but an order! Yes, now I am infringing on your rights as a human being and telling you, quite directly what you can, and cannot do, therefore I am clearly making a distinction between what is 'right and wrong', yes? NO!!
By definition, an Elective Oligarchy is a political regime vastly different from what we usually call it....Democracy. In its true sense, democracy is a political regime which serves the interest of ALL its citizens, and prescribes equal rights for all, abolishes slavery, and encourages free thought, which incorporates free speech, and, by definition, 'dissenting' opinion.
This is a lovely, 'hold dear to my heart', political 'Mills and Boon' which serves to make the people, yes you! Feel warm, and safe no matter what the interest rate rises are, and how many man hours you need to work, to keep your family in the life it deserves.
I am a dissident, I am also, for that matter, a blasphemer, a philistine, and a 'wanker' to those who oppose me. Good, now do you feel better? I don't. You see, I have to witness on a daily basis the corruption all around me, I am, in the words of an agent in the Matrix, 'suffocated by it'. 'Its the smell...' The vile smell of power gone wrong, of power being abused, of our 'innocent' civilians, as we all are, until PROVEN GUILTY, being raped by our own government, by those who are there to protect us and serve us. Unfortunately, unless you are partially sighted (emotionally) you understand that it is YOU who serves them, not the other way around.
All the dressing up and lies, built on more lies, leads you down a merry path of contentment, where you can no longer find where one corrupt law starts and another one begins. A 'hell' in the biblical sense.
We elect every four years a government who will serve us and protect us as a whole, agreed? Ok, now think to yourself, I am from a family of suffragettes who chained themselves, quite literally, to allow the liberation of womens rights, and with that, the right to vote. This was a great achievement, no one can deny........fast forward to the present.
You are on your way to the ballot box, knowing, 'secretly' who you are going to vote for, I mean, how can Conservatives get in again!? Yes, you 'secretly' tick a box, and hope, and in some sense, truly 'believe', that this time it will be different. Taxes will come down, I will get a long-awaited pay increment, and violent youths will finally be stopped in their tracks. Very nice sentiment, one felt by most of the 'sheep', sorry, citizens of the United Kingdom. How much time, lets say, prior to the vote did you observe a variety of political opinion? How much time did you spend discussing the finer points of the proposals made by your local candidate? How much awareness of the political opinions, and 'swaying' did you consider of the national tabloid that lands on your hallway carpet just in time for breakfast? I am guessing, not very much! And this is my, admitted, convoluted way of saying, YOU ARE A MUG!!
You have no rights, once elected, to judge, criticise, or impeach any government, or government representative because you have e-voted them in. Fact! The damage is done. You get fed the usual nonsense of how, initially anyway, the government will have to 'raise' taxes because of the damage caused by the last government, and how, 'eventually' you will be better off. But the frank truth is you are never better off. By 'using' your vote, you have not 'done your bit', for Queen and Country, you have just paid off a big, handful of the fattest Chairmans and Managing Executives from around the world, and ensured the abuses of power continue. Frightening, when all you remember, is whether 'Mandy' will find out if her husband is having an affair, isn't it?
The government whether Conservative, or Labour, or Republican, or Democratic, believe in one thing. Capitalism! They need to encourage consumerism in order to encourage production, but at what cost? To rape the land, and cause a global catastophe known as 'Global Warming', Yes, it does really exist, no matter what, David Bellamy says!
You believe you NEED the new Xbox, your kids certainly do. You believe you NEED the latest Prada phone, or Iphone. You believe you couldn't possibly live without the new Dyson washing machine, or hoover (eight cyclones, WOW!) We have forgotten what being alive, and human is all about. It is not about prestige, or gifts, or money, economics, or pay increases. It is about being happy, not in the material sense, but truly content with what one has. Contentment ensures the death of Capitalism, and the death of Capitalism ensures the death of 'Democracy', and ensuring the death of Democracy, one ensures the death of, perhaps, Wars based on Greed (oil for one, and one for oil!), Wars based on Religion (bye bye Christianity and Catholicism), and Wars for wars sake ( hello, Terrorism!).
This is just, my small-minded, dangerous, and dissenting voice of opinion which counts for little. I am even encouraged by the current American propaganda war to join the fog of Bloggers to help wash away 'analytical truth' from this world, but you believe what you want, because, surely that is the beauty of living in a democracy?
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