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Statue to Liberty — the famous
Victory — was erected on the island of Samothrace, (If you click
on the image above, it will lead you to a bit of Greek history) DEMOCRACY In Canada and the
so-called Free World, democracy is the very last thing that politicians, those
who finance their political campaigns, their political appointees, and
government employees want to see. Reduce
your fiscal burden by at least 50% The word ‘democracy’ originates
from the Greek: δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which
was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (kratos)
"power", circa 400 BC, to denote the political systems then
existing in Greek city-states, notably Athens. Today we have the opposite; the
people serving an elitist class by means of the aberrant taxes that people
pay to this elitist class; politicians and the public sector, who dictate to people
what to think and do. Beauty,
honor and courage are replaced by ugliness, dishonor and cowardice. Election
of politicians and their stay in power In a democracy,
politicians are elected, but also removed from office upon the will of its
citizens. For all practical purposes, the
current system of electing politicians for a 4 to 5-year term in office
enables them to do whatever they please, and get away with it. We have a wired country, don’t
we? So why not use it? A voting system via the Internet
— and the telephone system if necessary — would enable citizens to vote, on
an ongoing basis, on the stay in power of any politician, and; should a
politician receive less than 50% of votes for three consecutive months,
he/she would be dismissed automatically. Hence, on major issues, politicians
would have to submit their views to citizens for approval before putting them into
law. A majority of people will
always take common sense decisions, provided that free speech exists in our
society. Why not try a real democracy
for a short period of time, say for three years, with option to go back to
the current system once every six months? Senators and
political appointees Should
the purpose of senators be for citizens to fill up their pockets with
taxpayers’ money disguised as their paychecks and gold plated pensions? If
senators do not want to be in the senate for the honor of serving their
country and citizens, what do we need them for? I have no objection to
paying them their expenses justifiable as a result of their function, but
most certainly would not pay them a salary. A democracy
cannot survive if its structure can be influenced by corruption The following view point and
method may seem extremist at first glance, but if the people concerned by it
really are people of integrity, why would they object? To clean up our governments, an
effective solution would be to form an organization of which the mandate
would be to test the integrity of politicians and government employees, in the
same spirit of thought as the Abscam trial that took place in the United States in
1980. To all government employees
(judges, politicians, bureaucrats, etc.) it would be reminded, once a month,
of the ongoing test of those who receive a government pay check and the
consequences of accepting bribes. Example: “Do not accept bribes. Anyone found
guilty of accepting a bribe, or its equivalent of more than $10, will be
sentenced to 10 years in jail, without any possibility, whatsoever, of
conditional release; if you are not certain if what you are being offered
constitutes a bribe, talk to your boss about it” If
there would be anyone amongst them who would not like the idea of being sent
to jail for ten years for taking a $10 bribe, all they would need do is not accept
bribes. Does it have to be complicated? If such a system would be
implemented, you’d see rats exiting our governments like you never thought
possible. Transparency
International — Corruption Perceptions Index 2021 Freedom of
speech Freedom
of speech is a cornerstone of democracy. The contents of free speech
are never politically correct. Free speech as such does not exist in
Canada; for in Canada and other countries of the so-called Free World you can
say anything you want, provided that what you say is politically correct — in
agreement with the delusional and twisted ideologies of politicians in power. Is it
not destroying us all, political correctness imposed upon us and our children
by idealists and pseudo-intellectuals (politicians and their political
appointees and some special interest groups)? Currently,
the news media are free to print whatever they want, without those whom they
comment about having a real opportunity to effectively contest what is being
said about them. What if the news media would be obliged, by law, to provide
double text space or air time to those whom they commented about, without any
possibility to edit or alter the replies of those whom they commented about?
Would such a law curtail the freedom of speech of the news media? Taxpayers’
money Any reason why our
governments cannot be managed like corporations? Fed
up of seeing your hard earned money distributed to special interest groups, or
squandered on whatever stupidities and delusions that politicians and their
friends fancy? Income tax forms could easily contain a section
specifically for donations to nonessential services and special interest
groups. Example:
Say you’d think that a special interest group is under funded, you could opt
for a donation of, say $1,000, specifically for funding it. If you
would not like the idea of seeing your hard earned money go to this or that
organization or special interest group, you would simply not give them
anything. In other words, with a democratic system, you would have the
option of paying taxes on the bare essentials, or paying taxes on the bare
essentials and whichever cause(s) you think should get your hard earned
money. Problem resolution If we would live in a
democracy, we would be able to solve such problems as unemployment, homelessness,
poverty, overpopulation,
pollution, global warming,
and the wars that we will have to face up to in the coming years, to name
only a few. Moreover, our fiscal burden would be reduced by at least
50%. —
Daniel Guibord Erich Fromm — Democracy and Liberty
(French text) “Those who make
peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable” —
John F. Kennedy |
