Where did we get it all wrong?
I listen to people every day, talking about politics. At least the ones
that actually do. I rarely pay attention to the ones that say how much
they hate or love Justin Bieber. All these talks about politics, if they
are conducted in a healthy environment, always reach the same
conclusion. It's "the system".
I hate to be the guy that tells you there's no Santa, but hell no! It's
not the system. We love to say over and over again how capitalism
destroys the economies, we can't stop saying that corporate economies
are enslaving countries etc. etc.
Did anyone of you realise that we are talking about democracy?
In most
European countries representative democracy, is the political system in
force. Which means that we get to choose who represents our county in
the parliament (with many variations according to every country
individually). So when we admit that states cooperate with banks in
order to manipulate state's economy, what do we admit? Don't we admit
that we elected the wrong people?
Some may say that we got deceived by the X congressman, or the Y
president. Too much deception to be a coincidence.. Are all Europeans so
gullible or stupid that they get betrayed constantly the last 20 years?
Or is it somewhere that we bear our share of the responsibility?
I dare say that the Icelandic people are the model of what I want to say.
The Icelandic people were betrayed by their politicians, as when the
biggest banks of the country went bankrupt, at first, their government
tried to "negotiate". They were trying to do what Papandreou did in
Greece. To turn bank debt into national debt. The people didn't put up
with it, and massive riots resulted to the overthrowing of the
government. Elections gave power to a left government which in turn
tried to negotiate with the credit holders, better terms than the
previous government. But still, they would transform bank debt into
public debt. And then it was the president of the country that declined
to sign this deal, and he proclaimed a poll on whether this deal should
go through or not. Eventually the Icelandic people said no, and the
deal did not go through, and Iceland is doing just fine. The politicians
attempting both deals are facing civil and criminal charges.
What do we get from this example?
1.There can be a government that acts against your interests. Whether it stays on power or not it is your option.
2.There can be a politician that betrays you. Whether he/she faces the consequences it is your option.
3.Presidents and Kings/Queens in some countries are considered as
decorative. Even though in their countries' legislations they are
considered to be on the top of hierarchy they are not taking any serious
decisions. The President of Iceland, Olaf Grimsson, used his position
in order to ensure the best for his people. Even though he was crucified
by European Media he stated that "Banks want to privatise profit but
nationalise losses. We said no to that"
4. Even though a way is presented by the media as the only way, there can also be another. The reason that they don't tell us, is that the board of the channel/radio/newspaper, is also a major shareholder in a bank.
So back on square 1.
People aren't involved in politics. To be honest it's a lousy
hobby. People are forced to be politically active. Unfortunately, we
tend to be politically aware when it is already too late to change
things democratically. The reason "the system" exists is that we were
dazed by the goods of consumerism and plastic wealth and we didn't
bother much about politics. In the meanwhile, the "professional
politicians" slowly but steadily, made sure that they created states
full of loopholes for "the system" to be created. After a while when
everything was set and done, they stop giving you the plastic money and
the loans, and you realise what's gone.
