So Arabs Want Democracy

We are being told that all the Arab Protestors want democracy. Really? The fact is that the Arab World enjoyed something like a ‘baby boom’ that has now grown up, kicking up the adult unemployment rate at exactly the same time as the World Commodities Price Crisis is shooting up the prices of Food and Fuel, throwing Economies into a New Recession before they had even begun to recover from the Old Recession. And the People, grasping for any straw, grasp for Democracy.

But would Democracy help? Well, they should read a few newspapers and see whether Democracy has been much help in America, in Europe, in Asia. These Economies are in just as much trouble, and if they are better positioned than the Arab Economies, it is only because they started out with more, having been successful Colonial Powers, before the Anarchy and Insanity inherent in Democracy made them fumble that card with a series of self-inflicted World Wars.

Democracy won’t bring jobs. China has more jobs than anybody, and they aren’t democratic. It’s the security and stability of their Authoritarian System that has attracted the capital that established so many jobs. America, the primary Torch Bearer of Democracy, has lost jobs.

There is one tactical advantage to Democracy. People don’t protest. They simply complain about the Party presently in Power and in the next Election, they vote for the other side. Democracy is a hypnotic Shell Game. Let people complain, and let them vote for the Other Guys. The problem is, the Other Guys are never much different from Original Guys. The Same Money nominates them both.

The Propagandists for Democracy emphasize the People’s Power to Vote. What they never mention is that the People are no where near being around when Candidates are picked out by the Powerful Few who pick the candidates, fund them, lay out their Media Plans, etc. The People only get to Vote for the Show Dogs that had already won the most important part of the Game – getting the Un-Official but all-important Nod of Approval. The Vested Interests run everything within Democracies. Yes, there may be sometimes crazy fringe minority parties, but they are hardly an improvement on the typical Oligarchy and Rule by the Rich, who may be selfish but are at least sane.

If the Arab Protestors and the Truly Disaffected, and not just opportunistic troublemakers in the pay of the Americans, really wanted to improve their lot,then they would want productive Governmental Reform. Not Democracy, but a Meritocracy, and a Bureaucracy that operates transparently. Do you want to be in Government? Then take the Civel Service Test. Do you want to stay in Government, then submit to the strictest Financial Audits. It would create Government that would be truly and effectively independent of Vested Interests and Foreign Influences, that is, Money.

Or you can do what the West does – vote vote vote vote vote, and nothing ever gets any better. Not only is it that the wrong people get elected, but that most Democracies had been intentionally designed to be institutionally weak and ineffective -- the euphemism they use is "checks and balances" but it simply assures that nothing important can ever get accomplished. The Rich and Powerful had stepped in from the very beginning and assured that Government would never be anything they would ever need to worry about.

So if you are willing to die for Democracy, just think of all the Rich People in the World, sitting with their feet propped up on Democracy, who are laughing at you. And they just can’t wait to kick their feet up on your Country too.