Maybe Democracy

Summary

The article suggests that modern democracy may be a facade for dictatorship, with capitalism using it to maintain control and suppress dissent through censorship, particularly evident in the digital age.

Abstract

The article "Maybe Democracy" posits that the ideal of democracy, particularly the freedom of speech, has been compromised by the underlying dictatorial nature of systems that only truly functioned when a select few had the power to speak. With the advent of technology that allows everyone a voice, the article argues that the true nature of these systems as dictatorial has been unmasked, leading to increased censorship as a means of control. It further criticizes capitalism for co-opting democratic values to further its own agenda, suggesting that when the pillars of society—government, science, media—became too intertwined with capitalistic pursuits, they could no longer tolerate dissent, which might affect stock prices. The author points out the irony that technology, a product of capitalism, has ultimately revealed the dictatorial essence of democracy. The article also contrasts the situation in young democracies like Croatia with older ones like Canada and Australia, implying that newer democracies may be less corrupted by corporate influence and thus less overtly dictatorial.

Opinions

The author believes that democracy has been used as a guise for dictatorship, with freedom of speech being genuine only when few people could express their opinions.
Capitalism is seen as manipulating democratic values to maintain its distribution channels and societal influence, resorting to censorship when its interests are challenged.
The article implies that the true nature of democracy as dictatorial becomes evident when its major societal pillars are heavily influenced by capitalistic goals.
Technology, while being a driving force of capitalism, is credited with exposing the true dictatorial face of democracy.
The author suggests that newer democracies, less influenced by big companies, may be more peaceful and less dictatorial than older, more capitalist-driven democracies.
There is a critique of the impact of capitalism on society, indicating that its pursuit of profit undermines the foundations of democracy and leads to conflict.

Maybe Democracy is simply Dictatorship hidden behind shallow phrases such as ‘freedom of speech.’

As soon as technology genuinely allowed everybody to speak, the costume dropped, Dictatorship stayed naked and did what Dictatorship do — censorship!

Freedom of speech was the real thing only when just a small group of people had a chance to speak.

Maybe Democracy is simply the name Capitalism came up with to achieve its objectives. Capitalism needed some nice values attached to the governments, science, media and other major pillars of society to make its distribution channels pure.

However, the costume dropped when those pillars became so influenced by the capitalistic pursuits that they simply couldn’t tolerate any questioning. Any questioning means dropping the stock prices.

Paradoxically, technology, one of the most important engines of Capitalism, in the end, exposed Democracy and showed it for what it is — Dictatorship.

And now the whole system is in trouble.

When Dictatorship happens, that is when the conflict arises. Because Dictatorship and Anarchism are two parallel processes.

Croatia is a young democracy, not even 30 years old. Maybe that’s why it is more peaceful there at the moment than in some old democracies such as Canada and Australia. Because the government, science and media have not yet been too influenced by big companies and their agendas. Democracy still hasn’t had a chance to show its real face — which appears when Capitalism starts drowning in greed.

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Maybe Democracy

Maybe Democracy is simply Dictatorship hidden behind shallow phrases such as ‘freedom of speech.’

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