Look at this; you have a democratically elected parliament which designs and draws all the policies bearing in mind their cronies and supporters, you(the voter) toil and make ends meet in difficulty, a declining public security…..and all the ills that can’t be listed here. Then you have an option of being ruled by a pro-work and pro-people dictator. Where will your mind take you?
It is incumbent to note that power and authority is derived from the people and ought to be used for the benefit of the populace. This takes me back to my question; between a pro-development ‘dictator’ and a centrist democrat, who will you select? Allow me to look into the fundamentals of the so called democracy you are praising and glorifying. Democracy is given life by stability. Without stability, democracy is non-existent. So the question comes; which comes before the other; democracy or stability? Democracy, according to my conscience is the measure of the work done in between elections.Not the mere act of going to polls and elect individuals and forget then wait for the next turn to elect others. Stability comes from the nourishment of the mind which is then translated in proactive and self-reliant and dynamic population.
This is why I will prefer a pro-development ‘dictator’ who will punish you for not attending your crops other than accept the fallacy of a centrist and selfish democrat who tells you it is your ‘right’ to not taking care of your crops and go out begging for food.I am a strong supporter of the rule of the people by the people. But it is better to draw a thin line between mere electioneering process and the final benefit that rolls back to the people. It is this that gives credence to democracy. PARTING SHOT: we must realize that the aspirations, motives and objectives implicit in meaningful thematic are human aspirations, motives and objectives. They do not exist ‘out there’ as static entities; they are occurring. They are as historical as human beings themselves consequently they cannot be apprehended apart from them. So before you condemn dictatorship try to interrogate what you’ve gained from ‘democracy’
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