New version
Yesterday on Twitter, I expressed my unwavering support for “Pure Democracy” over the flawed concept of Psephocracy. It is disheartening to witness how governments, much like dictators, often turn a deaf ear to the voices of their societies.
In the present day, not a single country operates under a pure democracy system. It is worth reminiscing about the past when society fought fervently for “Power to the People,” a concept that seems to have been forgotten. Instead, we find ourselves trapped in the clutches of “Representative Democracy,” which can be seen as nothing more than a chosen form of dictatorship. It is disheartening to see how lives were sacrificed for the sake of being heard, only to realize that true representation remains elusive.
Many countries claim to be democratic and advocate for democracy in other nations, all with the intention of curbing dictatorial rule. However, upon closer inspection, it becomes evident that almost every government can be seen as a form of dictatorship. A dictator wields sole power over a country, and even with parliaments and similar structures in place, governments consolidate and amplify this power. Government officials represent only a fraction of society, and they are distinct from the general population in almost every country.
The majority of nations worldwide grapple with issues of poverty, economic crises, and alarming wealth disparities. What makes this situation even more intriguing is the fact that 14 out of the top 20 wealthiest individuals hail from the United States of America. It is noteworthy that the global financial crisis, which originated in the United States in 2007 and still impacts the world, emerged from a single location. One would expect significant changes to have taken place in light of this knowledge, yet the list of the 250 richest people indicates otherwise. Even now, the USA faces economic challenges while a mere 14 individuals possess the power to alleviate them in an instant.
The reality is that the richest 250 people in the world collectively own more than 25% of the global wealth, as reported by several economic agencies. While these individuals can never exhaust their fortunes, it defies logic that such a small fraction possesses a quarter of the world’s wealth when compared to the 7.4+ billion people on the planet. Calculating the percentage of people who own 25% of the world’s currency relative to the entire global population is a daunting task, even with the aid of a calculator. For instance, the 250th individual on the list possesses around 6 billion US dollars, a stark contrast to individuals struggling to pay their bills in cents. This person alone could eradicate poverty in an entire country—an astonishing fact. And yet, this wealth is concentrated in the hands of a mere 249 others.
While we discuss these staggering disparities, it is a harsh reality that someone will likely die due to poverty. The current economic systems, be it the currency systems of dollars, yen, euros, or rubles, perpetuate a broken system where individuals driven by greed for money make life-or-death decisions for others. Although some of these wealthy individuals have foundations and engage in charitable acts, they rarely relinquish their wealth. Even 10% of their riches exceed what most of us can earn in a lifetime. This brings us to the term “Capitalism,” which underscores the priorities of these 250 individuals who prefer profit-driven investments over investing in human lives. Foundations and charities, in essence, become mere marketing tools to further expand their wealth.
All these factors bring us back to the core issue—politics. Governments had the opportunity to prevent this situation by fulfilling their role as the voice of society and making tough decisions on behalf of the people. Society worldwide has repeatedly raised concerns about these practices, only to be met with indifference from governments who primarily prioritize their own interests.
The information presented in this blog post raises another intriguing point: the prevalence of right-wing parties in Europe. This observation helps explain the multitude of problems faced by these countries. Neglecting the well-being of their own people has led to social upheavals that are often labeled as terrorism or similar terms, although they ultimately represent a collective dissent against the ruling governments.
It is curious that our political landscape seems to be restricted to left-wing and right-wing ideologies, leaving no room for alternative choices. Our political system seems stuck in the past, perpetually repeating failed examples rather than exploring new avenues. It is perplexing that individuals who are supposedly competent enough to run a country encounter numerous problems. Instead of resolving issues, they engage in futile debates, resulting in unfavorable outcomes for the people they are supposed to serve.
The root problem lies in our own complacency. We have become a society that shies away from making choices, preferring to let others decide for us. The dwindling voter turnout in most countries, which rarely exceeds 90%, is evidence of the waning democratic spirit. Currently, democracy remains an illusion, as we merely vote for individuals who will perform the political tasks on our behalf, often strangers to most citizens due to the sheer size of populations. We entrust complete strangers to make decisions of global significance, even when we hesitate to trust a friendly stranger in our daily lives. In the end, our claims of cherishing democracy are nothing more than a facade, concealing a continued state of dictatorship under layers of complex terminologies. Elitism emerges as the victor in this charade, directly linked to dictatorship and anything that undermines democratic principles. The truth is, democracy has never brought about real change throughout history.
Old version (Democracy-Hypocrisy)
Yesterday at Twitter I already stated it…
I will support “Pure #Democracy“, no Psephocracy.
Governments close to never listen to society, just like dictators!https://t.co/KGWadxCYY8— Vadim Dovganyuk (@SnowCalmth) 26 August 2016
Currently 0 countries have a pure #democracy system!
Anyone remember that society once fought for #PowerToThePeople?https://t.co/Zqxi2N5zII— Vadim Dovganyuk (@SnowCalmth) 26 August 2016
People gave their lives to get ourselves heard, and what have we have we now?
“Representative #Democracy“, which is chosen dictatorship… ????— Vadim Dovganyuk (@SnowCalmth) 26 August 2016
Many countries state they have a democracy, even close to as many want others countries to be democratic as well, and in the end, it would be to stop dictators…
We all know names of dictators, yet, in fact almost every single government could be counted as dictatorship…
A dictator is 1 power ruling the country, and in basics, governments are 1 power, even with parlements and such, as they only enforce the meaning even more…
Governmental people are 1 power, as they are in fact only 1 part of society, and even more so, they are not the same as the general society of almost every country.
At most countries at the world, there is poverty, economical crisis or/and huge differences between rich and poor.
The interesting part is that actually 14 of the top 20 most rich people of the world world, are living/from the United States of America.
Why is this interesting you may ask, well, because the “global financial crisis” that started in 2007 and still impacts most of the world, was started at 1 spot, the United States of America.
You would suppose there would be done something with that knowledge, well, the real answer to that is that there has not been any true changes, which is shown at the top 250 richest people list…
And yet, even as we speak, the USA suffers from economical problems, while 14 people could basically solve that in seconds.
The richest 250 people around the world, own in fact more than 25% of all of the money around the whole wide world.(According to several Economical agencies)
Those 250 people could never spend it, yet when you look at the fact there are 7,446,000,000+ humans currently around the world, and 250 of them own about a quarter of all the money, it does not make any sense…
Try getting the percentage of people who own 25% of the world’s currency in accordance to all people internationally, I will tell you that you will have a hard time figuring that it out, even with a calculator.
And when we look at the number 250 of the list, he has about 6 billion United States dollars…
6 billion dollars, while many people need to make sure they have enough cents to pay just their bills, and no, that was no typo, I mean actual cents, not dollars, as that is already where people have problems, let alone when you would start thinking about dollars.
Number 250 of the list could remove poverty fully of a country, that is not fiction, it is an actual fact..
And it is crazy when you think about that much money already being at 1 single person, with 249 persons have even more money…
Yet, while we speak, someone will probably have died by poverty, as that is the facts of life…
That just by a broken system of economics we call the currency system, or the systems of the dollars, yen, euros, rubbles and all those other currencies…
The people who could make life or death choices, choose death for others by their own greed for money, as there is no other way of explaining.
There are some of them who have foundations and such to do good, but in the end, none of them truly gives up their wealth, as even 10% of their money equals more than most of us will be able to earn in our lives…
Which actually brings me to the reason of pointing out the USA, as this all leads to one term “Capitalism”…
All of these 250 people seem to rather invest in things that bring profit, than to invest in lives…
Hence the foundations and charities being nonsense, as there is no form of humanity related to it, it is just another form of marketing to increase their wealth.
And that brings us back to the main subject, politics.
The thing is, governments could have avoided this from the start by doing what they were chosen for, being the voice of society and making the hard choices for us.
Most of society around the world has screamed these practices should not go on, and every time governments basically said “meh”.
They did not care, and made the choices that would help mostly 1, themselves…
It is quite interesting when you notice in fact most of the current reigning parties at Europe are currently right-wing parties, which makes it also quite understandable that there are so many problems.
As when you do not care for your own people/society enough, there will be problems, as uprisings will happen, and whether you will call them terrorism or anything else, it all remains 1 thing, a stance against the reigning government.
Still it is interesting we have only left-wing and right-wing, as that would state apart of center, there would be no other choices…
We basically live in the past when it comes to politics, as we do not go away from any of the previous failed examples, instead just repeat them over and over again.
Yet, that is not weird, as the thing is, governmental people know as little as us…
As if they were smart enough to run the country, how can there in fact be so many problems?
Instead they are bickering about who is right, in the end always ending up bad for those they should care about, the people of their country.
The problem behind this all is that we have become lazy, we rather do not make choices ourselves, instead let others do it for us.
We see this by the amount of people who actually vote, which at most countries does not even get close to 90%, which would be an understandable amount of people voting.
Democracy does not exist at this moment, as we do not actually vote for anything political, we just vote on who can do the political stuff, which are often complete strangers, as even most small countries have over a million citizens.
Complete strangers we let make our choices on international scale, yet most do not even trust a stranger that smiles friendly…
Who are we even kidding that we care about democracy?
In the end we mostly still live in status of dictatorship, just now with a shell of difficult terms surrounding it.
The winner of democracy is elitism, which is directly linked to dictatorship, and in the end, linked to everything non-democratic…
Democracy is just a wall to cover up that there has never been a change at all throughout history…
