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Democracy? Sounds Like A Good Idea To Me

from Turn Back The Tide Of Bigotry by Active Minds

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The version of “democracy” that we have in the UK falls well short of what we should both expect and demand.
We’re stuck in a two-party system. The way in which governments are elected ensures that the choices are, in reality, very limited. The way that the media covers politics also perpetuates this, and means that radical ideas for change are never given publicity. Recent elections have offered choices which, when viewed objectively, hardly differ from each other at all – and the political parties themselves are afraid to offer seriously challenging alternatives for a fear of being marginalised by a media which operates on brief soundbites.
All the major UK political parties have the same pro-business, pro-consumerist ideology. Even when our economy has started to come off the rails and the cracks are becoming obvious to everybody, the establishment refuses to seriously challenge the basic capitalist ideologies which have created the problems.
Democracy is supposed to be about equality of rights and privileges. If that’s so, then how can we really be living in a democracy? Do we think that the notion of privilege has been eradicated? Of course it hasn’t, and nor is it challenged in the higher circles of influence. Why? Because those in Government and media owners are, themselves, part of the privileged elite.
I am a democrat. I believe in true democracy. That doesn’t mean that I’m not going to challenge our economic and political system. In fact, it means quite the opposite.

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The Chambers Concise Dictionary defines democracy as: “A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively, and is administered by them or by officers appointed by them: a state of society characterised by recognition of equality of rights and privileges.” Does that sound anything like the so-called “democratic” system that we live under? You must be joking… I believe in democracy, as it’s defined, which bears little resemblance of any kind to this system based on privilege and wealth where power is won by deception and stealth. The token freedoms they let us exercise are easily nullified by media lies. They give the illusion that we can determine our fate, but the options are capitalism served on three different plates. I believe in democracy, but not in this, because freedom and equality simply doesn’t exist. Every four or five years we’re given a vote – a chance to choose the hands which grip round our throat. “Put your cross in the box, and then get back to work.” Those who hold the real power – in the background they lurk knowing that tomorrow will be just like today – it’ll be business as usual, and we’ll have to pay.

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from Turn Back The Tide Of Bigotry, released September 14, 2012

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