Democracy At Its Best

How Democracy Is Flawed

This is heresy to most people, but I feel it HAS to be said by somebody and I’m just the idiot to do it. The assumption that a democratic society is the best way for people to get along has several innate flaws, but I want to address just one of them right now.

JUST to make a point, and for NO other reason, let me propose a fictional situation:

Here’s the scenario; 100 people (or any number you choose) represents the town, city, nation, world or worlds (depending on your idea of how many salient beings exists and where).  Democracy is the chosen political system.  That is the majority rules; 51% (that’s 51 of them) is all that is required for a law to pass, and the other 49% (yes, that the other 49 of them) have no say in the matter.

THIS is the VERY BEST that democracy can ever offer (well, 50.000001% would be better of course, but you get the idea).

Free Lunch

Let’s now say that the 51% vote for some politician’s new law that states that everybody should get a free lunch each day.  That is, of all the 100 people who pay into the system, each of them gets a free lunch.

What then, if only 99 of them worked and paid into the system?  Well, that means that ONE of them really WOULD get a free lunch (one that HE/SHE didn’t have to pay for).  That’s no problem, because there are 99 others working and contributing.

What then, if only 49 of them were contributing?  Well, that means that 51 of them (being the democratic majority) are ENSLAVING the other 49 to FEED them a free lunch every day.

The argument then is, what if only 33 worked and contributed and the other 67 didn’t? How bad would THAT be, ONE THIRD of the 100 supporting the other TWO thirds?

Well, you can see where I’m going with this.  FREE IS NEVER FREE!  SOMEBODY’S time, skill and effort has to pay for all these free lunches (or health care, or baby clothes, or ……………….).

What Do Politicians Want?

More than ANYTHING else, politicians want POWER.  They are power junkies and, like all junkies, it’s very hard for them to do anything other than want MORE power.

Because of this, and because the way that democracy works, you can ONLY ever expect the system to take MORE from the people who produce (things, ideas, labor etc.) and GIVE to those who produce less (or nothing at all, other than, perhaps, lots of babies).

While this sounds very harsh, I’d like to know from anybody who thinks this is incorrect.

What’s The Answer?

The SIMPLE solution to this is to have people stand on their own and look after themselves. When they can do this, they are THEN capable of caring for others, perhaps their family, their friends etc.  While people are being raised to EXPECT handouts from other people, they won’t bother putting forth the effort to learn how to look after themselves, and this is a shame for ANY country that adopts this system.

Note: Did you know that the Amish people do NOT involve themselves in the Social Security system? (paying in or taking out …………they LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES!!!). There are other groups who’ve opted out of the system too, and you can find out who they are by going online and using your favorite search-engine.

Luke.