I’ve been
away for a few weeks and the country doesn’t appear to be any better for my
absence. More than that the world beyond our shores is an even more frightening
place than before I left. WHY?
All of us
can provide our own theories and beliefs in answer to that question, can’t we? Each
of us considers ourselves to be correct in our views . . . and life will go on
with no-one stopping to think they might
be wrong. Or, worse, few will even stop
to think! And we charge on towards what seems to be a looming precipice.
To misquote
Shakespeare: “There is something wrong in the state of Denmark” – meaning these
British Isles. We are doing it wrong
and we are hurting ourselves and each other while we do so. I believe it doesn’t have to be that way. Read on with me, please.
Recently I
read Part 16 of a treatise by an Australian man, written in July 1995 - 23 years ago. He proved to
me yet again that there is nothing new under the sun. He wrote (in part):
“Some media personalities like to
write off historic theories as conspiracies, but politics and conspiracies are
different words with the same meaning - one cannot exist without the other.
Pre-selection of candidates is conspiracy, gathering election funds is
conspiracy, conspiring to represent a political party instead of the electorate
is a conspiracy, plotting the downfall of someone in your own party or the
opposition is a conspiracy, making promises that they know they will never keep
is a conspiracy and giving allegiance to internal and external brokers of power
and money is another conspiracy. And the public is told that conspiracy does
not exist – that is another conspiracy.” – (Ron Owen)
It is a popular and overused cliché to say “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
and over and expecting to achieve a different result.” But that is exactly what
so many of us do, especially when it comes to elections. We vote for (or
against) a political Party as much (or more) as we vote for the man or woman
who represents the party – Leader or local candidate. ADMIT IT. You know it and
I know it. So, WHY do we
do it? Are we insane? Or
are we just care-less? Or are we simply unaware that things could and should be legitimately different?
When your sight is deficient you don't know
what you cannot see; when your hearing is deficient you don't know what you
cannot hear. And when you think you’ve got it all sorted out - you just don't
know what you don't know. Think about it.
DEMOCRACY IS MORE THAN
SUFFRAGE
If you will
believe anything in this ‘muse’ please believe that the word ‘democracy’ as
bandied about in political circles and mainstream media, is NOT merely having the
right to vote. If you believe that democracy and suffrage are one and the same YOU HAVE BEEN DECEIVED AND MISLED by
deceivers and misleaders.
Here is my
case in numbered order:-
1.
We have been tricked over the word Democracy. (By whom? Think about it).
2.
Some believe democracy is all about voting in elections. That is not
Democracy but Suffrage.
3.
Others have noticed the official version of Democracy is not sufficient
to limit the state and uphold freedoms of the individual and so clamour for
something other than Democracy.
4.
A Republic is not the opposite of a Democracy - they cannot even be
compared as they are talking about different aspects of a state's construction.
5.
A Republic can be compared with a Monarchy - these describe the style of
the Head-of-State (President or King/Queen).
6.
Both a Republic and a Monarchy can be Democracies if the head-of-state
is limited in its powers and has taken promises to the people and a full
un-abridged Trial by Jury system is in place.
7.
Both a Republic and a Monarchy can
be tyrannies (and obviously not democratic if these features are missing).
8. Ordinary people must require a restoration of these Democratic features
in their country if they are to regain their true freedoms and place government
and the state back under its proper limitations.
9.
Ordinary people (that means YOU and ME) could do this by insisting that
a full system of Trial by Jury is re-established that especially includes the
powers of Annulment by Jury: the defining characteristic of a Democracy.
These Democratic features are those given to us in our
Constitution as defined by Magna Carta 1215, sometimes referred to as Common
Law Trial by Jury. In USA it begins with WE, the People.
Please obtain a copy of Kenn
D'Oudney's book 'Democracy Defined: The Manifesto'. You can get it on Amazon. I
can honestly say, that in all the years I have been reading into this subject,
it is through this book more than any other that misunderstandings have been
clarified and gaps in my knowledge filled. – (W.Keyte)
I shall publish other musings in the days
ahead. I hope you will choose to read them and ‘think about it’ rather than
turn from the ideas which could bring about the changes so many of us have been
looking for.
I represent
no political party. I am Independent and my name is Michael.
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