You can only get rid of a dictatorial democracy with a real dictator
Twenty-six years ago, an international ICT company was split up and its parts were incorporated into national Telecom companies. The co-determination bodies were also merged at that time. I thought it was a good time to write new bylaws and included that members of the works council could have a maximum of two terms of office of four years each. Can you imagine how much resistance that created among the sitting members? In the end, my vision lost out because even the director on the employer’s side found the current status quo with “known opposition” desirable.
The merger of the works councils also ultimately failed. The composite council had opted internally for a new chairman from “our” side, and of course the hard core of the incumbent did not agree. Here, too, the director sided with the incumbent and thus the cooperation was off the table. The employer allowed itself to interfere in the internal affairs of the works council and the rules were bent. Rules and a democratic process do not matter if the incumbent does not get his way.
We could do as little as the Romanians are doing now. Last year’s election results were unfavorable to the incumbent. Romania must join in the war against Russia and that new NATO base must be realized. In the new elections it also threatens to go in the “wrong direction”. I wonder what they will come up with next. The AfD in Germany has now been officially labeled as far right, which is a stepping stone to a party ban. For a long time the incumbents were able to enjoy a tame democracy where they were able to pull the strings more and more firmly. The march through the institutions has succeeded, nationally and internationally.
The Order of the Star in the East was founded by the Theosophical Society in 1911 to proclaim the coming of the World Teacher. Krishnamurti was made Head of the Order. On August 3, 1929, the opening day of the annual Star Camp in Ommen, Holland, Krishnamurti dissolved the Order before 3000 members: ” We are going to discuss this morning the dissolution of the Order of the Star. Many people will be delighted, and others will be rather sad. It is a question neither for rejoicing nor for sadness, because it is inevitable, as I am going to explain.”
https://kfoundation.org/dissolution-speech/
Were you to ask those 3000 members, they would continue down the same path. They would appoint someone who promised golden mountains and who was best at hiding institutionalized corruption. Krishnamurti was a true sage and made the right decision. Not democratically, but as a dictator. For within democracy you cannot make decisions that go against so-called democracy. The incumbent will at all times fight wisdom in favor of their own rightness. Galileo Galilei experienced this firsthand.
We are also currently facing a paradigm shift in our history. Something that will inevitably take place, with much resistance from the incumbent. Everything and everyone is defining their position. Some are courageous and others are afraid. Some are steadfast and others want to bet on two horses. The future seems uncertain, but that is only if you do not dare to think big. When you look at the dot on the horizon, the road ahead is actually very simple and passable. The point, though, is that you have to be wise to recognize and acknowledge that dot.
BRICS+ consists of several members. The wise ones lead the way. The followers are not sure yet. The followers may participate democratically, but because they have no focus on the dot they are afraid of betting on the wrong horse. Somewhere deep down they know, but for the short term they are afraid of the personal consequences. It is literally mortal fear. This benefits the dull democracy, which thrives on fear of change. The sage is not afraid of death, for he knows that there is no life if you are afraid of death.
This process is only broken and accelerated by the wisdom of a dictator. In the good sense of the word. Someone who shows the way, but more importantly walks the walk. Someone who implements rather than proposes a new financial system. Someone who implements a new reserve currency instead of tuning it. Someone who leaves international corrupt organizations without looking back. All followers are then given the choice to go with them or stay where they still feel comfortable.
I have spent years leading groups, people and projects. Always I listened to the members, but in the end I made the choices myself. I have little use for democracy. The downside of democracy is that the group is not wise, but it does ensure suppression of individual wisdom within the group. And of course so many dictators are equally not wise. Man is still essentially stupid. The question is what that wise person should do. Should he stick to trying to be right or will that wise man just get down to business?
What is stopping Russia from going down the road and setting an example for the other members. Brazil may bet on two horses, but it will then see what is created. Talking along (Brazil) is fine, but the dictator (Russia) dictates the wise way. China is finally also increasingly (openly) siding with the wise dictator and can create the way together with Russia. Not preparing, but creating. The time for talking is over. The world needs wisdom. Not democratic bullshit, but someone who sets the dot and gets on the road. Concrete action.
Those others who have set another dot can only be stopped by saying goodbye to them. The hegemon. The NeoCons. The WHO. The IMF. NATO. The WEF. The Bilderberg Group. The Club of Rome. The Freemasons. The Zionists. And so on. Most members are ignorant and mere followers. Divide and rule has led to fear and standing by the side of the road hoping for a free ride. Don’t participate in that (anymore). Think about the dot on the horizon. Trust the wise. Trust one’s own wisdom. No one has power if they don’t get it. Keep it yourself. Give wisdom the energy it deserves. Never be afraid (again).
by Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
Isn’t the problem that poeple always want a saviour? Be it political or religious. We don’t accept or believe that the collective can achieve a decent society through cooperation rather than domination. Functioning worker cooperatives around the world ( Mondragon in Spain for example ) do it in numbers up… Read more »
Well said, Nico. In relation to your final paragraph, I made the mistake today of listening to a couple of archetypical neocons, both writers for The Atlantic. However, I listened to enough to illustrate what you were saying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpU26qBcBuw David Frum (ex-speech writer for G W Bush) was interviewing Pulitzer… Read more »
Great article on the faults of democracy in actual practice. In my mind I was already starting to question democracy and even the constitutional republic framework. These systems are obviously too easily subverted. Your explanation seems to me to be saying you get a dictator anyway and almost always a… Read more »