DUMBocracy

For almost the last two years, the covid19 panic has thrown off the covers off the purported democratic nature of western Europe and the US.

Increasingly, western countries are using covid19 measures as a cover for instituting draconian laws that limit, circumvent, or take away individuals constitutional and civil rights.

Western European countries for the most part and democracies in name only.

They never were true democracies to begin with. The systems in these countries aren't compatible with true democratic practices, and democracy in these countries, or any country, cannot be truly enforced or practiced in its true form.

History, culture, custom, tradition, and historical baggage preclude democracy from functioning in any country.

Those countries that tout themselves as democratic are fooling themselves.

Democracy, in its simplest form, is the carrying out of the will of the majority. And whoever carries out this will is, in essence, democratic.

It doesn’t really matter how the person carrying out the popular will comes to power. Whether they are elected, self-appointed, or part of an oligarchy is irrelevant.

Democracy is more of a governing philosophy than a political system; for even the most authoritarian individuals can be democratic.

Today, people have been brainwashed and cajoled into thinking that democracy just means free elections, and as long as people get to elect their leaders that they have real democracy, and that all is right and well.

But what if that person who was elected by the majority disregards the will of the majority once in office? This is most definitely a problem that democracy hasn’t yet addressed.

So what would people rather have?

A self-appointed strongman - even a dictator - who carries out the will of the majority faithfully, or an elected leader who disregards the will of the majority?

So at best, most countries, including virtually all western ones, are limited electoral democracies.

For almost the last two years, the covid19 panic has thrown off the covers off the purported democratic nature of western Europe and the US.

Increasingly, western countries are using covid19 measures as a cover for instituting draconian laws that limit, circumvent, or take away individuals constitutional and civil rights.

Western European countries for the most part and democracies in name only.

They really never were true democracies to begin with. The systems in these countries aren't compatible with true democratic practices, and democracy in these countries, or any country, cannot be truly enforced or practiced in its true form.

History, culture, custom, tradition, and historical baggage and preclude democracy from functioning in any country.

Those countries that tout themselves as democratic are fooling themselves.

Democracy, in its simplest form, is the carrying out of the will of the majority. And whoever carries out this will is, in essence, democratic.

It doesn’t really matter how the person carrying out the popular will comes to power. Whether they are elected, self-appointed, or part of an oligarchy is irrelevant.

Democracy is more of a governing philosophy than a political system; for even the most authoritarian individuals can be democratic.

Today, people have been brainwashed and cajoled into thinking that democracy just means free elections, and as long as people get to elect their leaders that they have real democracy, and that all is right and well.

But what if that person who was elected by the majority disregards the will of the majority once in office? This is most definitely a problem that democracy hasn’t yet addressed.

So what would people rather have?

A self-appointed strongman - even a dictator - who carries out the will of the majority faithfully, or an elected leader who disregards the will of the majority?

So at best, most countries, including virtually all western ones, are limited electoral democracies.

And if democracy means the will of the majority, and existing laws prohibit this will from being realized, then that country is not democratic, and the government in such a country isn’t a true democracy.