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The concept of a free and democratic society is fundamentally flawed. A democracy is supposed to serve the people who live under it fairly. Unfortunately this is based on a false premise. It is based on the idea that a government in power elected by the people will have the people�s interests in mind when creating policies and new laws. This is a falsehood. And the main aim of any capitalist or socialist government working within the framework of democracy is to get re-elected come the end of its� term in office. The best way to do this is through funding and not by improving the living standards of those who live under it. In the pursuit of funding modern day governments in power are trying hard to please industry bosses, leaders of corporations and major companies. For example the labour party of the UK take contributions from the makers of cars and in return allow the manufacturers generous tax breaks when they set up factories and begin to make cars in the UK. The funding goes toward the next campaign and the politicians claim the tax incentives (sometimes known as sweeteners) are a necessary part of attracting industry to ensure job creation. This is a corruption of the system. Some private firms looking for a way into a particular market, such as the introduction of casinos, will spend millions lobbying a government in power hoping to get new legislation tabled in the house of commons. This money will also find its way into the campaign funds account. Contributions to campaign funds are a way of bribing politicians and it has been going on for decades. The modern politicians are simply tools of Globalism and not actually in control of the countries in which they have been elected. The largest of the multi-national companies can force changes in policy with a phone call. The second reason that democracy and the elected governments aren�t doing what is best for the people is because they have a term of office that lasts only up to five years (in most capitalist countries). Many of the world�s most serious problems cannot be solved within such a short time. Global warming, the energy crisis and population control are examples of such problems. A responsible government would put real money into reducing the emissions from factories and power stations not just make the minimum effort to appear concerned. In the USA the government has rejected the Kyoto treaty and through its� own research has dismissed global warming as a conspiracy against American growth. This is obviously not in the interest of its� own people. These governments will not do anything that might jeopardise the funding that they get from the multi-national giants. Many politicians go on to work for the very same companies that they helped while in office. Mussolini said �Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.� In America George Bush Jnr won the popular vote by championing issues that have nothing to do with improving the long term future for the USA. A pseudo issue such as terrorism is much more simple for the American people to understand. Divisive American Republican politicians have placed terrorism at the centre of their agenda because it is easier to fight a pretend war than deal with the real problems. The real threat to the future of the human race is overpopulation, which in turn results in resource depletion and environmental effects; the chaos that has been created in the Middle East is just a convenient distraction with the added benefit of gaining a few billion barrels of oil. War is great for the American arms manufacturers and could ease the energy supply issue (temporarily). Only a long term stable Government can affectively handle the important issue of population control, so far the Chinese lead the way while the West, keen on growth, allows its' populations to increase at an enhanced rate. An unnatural rate which has been aided by medical improvements and better nutrition. In the picture above I have represented the new generations as a pram which contains some form of baby. I have represented my generation as the skeleton - someone who is dead. I am not stating here that the next generation is also dead, that is for the viewer to decide but I am certain that unless the population of the world is dramatically reduced as fast as humanely possible a Mathusian societal collapse is inevitable. Demand has already outpaced supply, the market will see this and prices will go up and if the West hangs on to it's capitalist ideals the poor will starve on mass. A reduction in the world population at the appropriate rate would counter the demand / supply gap allowing the governments to manage the decreasing world food and oil production. An Alternative to our Democratic System: A more honest and less corruptible system could be implemented as easily as introducing identity cards. A step in the right direction perhaps would be to move toward a government of proportional representation. One in which parties would have a number of MPs in the house of commons proportional to the number of votes which that party received in an election. This would allow minority parties to have representatives to put forward more radical ideas for debate. But going further than proportional representation I suggest a referendum for each issue being debated. Acting like a house of commons and voting at the same time as the MPs and having equal weight in every major vote the population could take part electronically via the world wide web. It would involve the entire country thereby encouraging a nationwide interest in politics. It could be done electronically using anonymous email addresses allocated by post in sealed envelopes yearly. And results would be displayed on websites, which would list the anonymous email addresses. |