America has said 'NO' to international
agreements in germ warfare, global warming,
antiballistic missile treaty, nuclear test
ban and anti-personal land mines and, of course , the world court. Now,
she
is helping escalate the religious war that
the jews and muslims started.
Yes, these are the wills of the American people.
But they are also thee-mob-gone-crazy,
or demobcrazy. But its
fashionable name, democracy, is so
firmly inprinted in
the minds of many people, that defending
it has justified most recent wars. Since the full
implementation of democracy by America after the American Revolution,
the world has had only two
weeks of peace from continuous wars.
Shoong Yat Sen, China's father of democracy, when asked by farmers why
China
needs democracy, replied:" only then we can fight a war as well as
the other strong
democratic countries". Today, the number one agenda for America
diplomacy in
Taiwan is arms sale, so that Taiwan can defend its democracy.
At a distance democracy is a beacon of hope, but close in it's a
perpetual war machine.
This system of ruling by the majority through
balloting can only be justified through powerful,
seamless propaganda backed by superior military might. But at many a
critical
junction it would take
the wrong turn. This
is because, casting a secret ballot takes
only raw animal instincts, while making
sensible open decisions for the public
good requires the wisdom and
compassion of saints.
A good illustration of democracy is the jury system, which is a mini-case study of the democratic process. In jury selection the lawyors always prefer the less knowledgeable and less educated to the more. So, from local low courts to the highest supreme court, decisions are made based on not merits, but mediocre majority. The selection of the American President in 2000 by the Supreme court is an example.
One oddity of democracy is the emergence
of politicians. Who are this curious lot?
They are the relics left over from the
days of the monarch, the court jesters.
Now, instead of entertaining the kings and
queens, they work the common people. But
their hidden agenda is to fill the vacuum
left by their former boss.
So, who can really make the more sensible decisions for the
people? Most likely
it's not the people themselves, especially when fairness to the other
peoples are
concerned. Democracy has served as a battle cry for
aggression. It legitimizes
mob behavior and warmongering. But most of all, it causes
deterioration of
leadership qualifications in term of fair-mindedness and welfare of the
future
generations.
Singapore has taught an American kid a few things about good manner. And it's high time American adults should learn something about Singapore's political system. It's a sytem of government ruled by elders and technocrats, that has proven successful not only in Singapore, but also China and the pre-democracy Taiwan, as well as in Japan, who, nevertheless, still go through the motion of democracy just to please America.
Whether democracy or rule-by-elders, two principles must prevail. They are publicness and qualification. Publicness requires that all government officials to give up personal privacy when public affairs are concerned. This begins with excluding relatives from similar public services and any public dealings of conflict of interests.
Qualification comes next, but only after publicness is not violated. To qualify, a public servant should be selected based on the following three methods:
1.Appointments base on performance
2.Education background
3.Tests
On close examination, it appears that
democracy does not satisfy the above
criteria. That is as good reason as any
to throw it out as demobcrazy, along with
the predatory and parasiting politicians.
Finally for those democracy diehards, there is limit beyond which
democracy may turn ominous for them. Although the victorious,
democratic
countries have given themselves an automatic amnesty at the end of
World War II for their past imperialistic wrongdoings, the
ultimate form of democracy, which is global democracy, may still
produce the
largest lynching mob out of the ballot boxes to bring the diehards
to justice for their democratic, criminal acts.