Power to the People
In “The West"we enjoy the benefit of living in democracies - well for the most part and of course one person’s democracy is another’s dictatorship. Overall though we tend to believe that democracy is the way forward for the world as a whole and that those poor people who have the misfortune to live in undemocratic states should be helped to overturn their masters and join us in our world of freedom and liberty.
But should we question whether our western ways really are right for the world and indeed whether some of the peoples of the world are ready for democracy?
We only have to look at Africa to see where “democracy"has gone frightfully wrong! Mugabe would describe himself - at last to the outside world - as a democratically elected leader. Most right thinking people in the west would have a slight bone of contention with that! Sadly many african countries, where democracy has been imposed by the ever so humble former colonial powers are now struggling with their new found freedoms. The Presidents and Prime Ministers have made themselves Creosus rich while the people suffer. This model though has history.
In the seventeenth century England became a democracy. Charles the First was deposed and eventually beheaded and parliament began to rule. However it wasn’t long before the new political leaders in England were behaving in exactly the same way as the modern day leaders of the new african democracies. The seventeenth century members of parliament voted themselves huge financial rewards and attempted to lengthen their own terms of office. It was only Oliver Cromwell who stopped it and how did he do that? Well basically by making himself dictator!
If we have learned one thing from history it is that there are people who want power and wealth and will do anything to get it. For them living a “good"life is not important. They want to “make their mark"by fair means or foul. The west is never more than a few steps away from this either.
We should all remember the “Power Corrupts”.
You can see this very fact in all this talk about the enigin scam, a few people with misplaced power feel it is thier personal right to jugde others. I have to say that I really like Enigin, and am a little bit upset at all the bad press they are getting right now.