EDUCATING CATHY ON DEMOCRACY!

Democracy is the unlimited majority rule, a social system in which one's work, one's property, one's mind, and one's life are at the mercy of any gang that may gather the vote of a majority at any moment for any purpose.  Democracy is a form of collectivism, which denies individual rights: the majority can do whatever it wants with no restrictions.
In principle, the democratic government is all-powerful. Democracy is a totalitarian manifestation; it is not a form of freedom. http://venitism.blogspot.com
The impunity of the 300 Graecokleptocrats of the Grand Brothel on Syntagma Square is the most freakish thing on Earth.  Even though they looted many billion euros in kickbacks and churning, not a single Graecokleptocrat has ever gone to jail!  They are protected by the parliamentary immunity, and nobody can touch them, no matter what.  Moreover, they have the nerve to jail dissident bloggers.  It's a long way from the 300 Spartans of Leonidas!  Allons enfants de la Grece! 
The Treaty of Lisbon states Fourth Reich's actions on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation, and which it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and respect for human dignity.
But there is no democracy in Fourth Reich itself! Marilizard Libel, Marilizard Spaghetti, and Marilizard Towers are very common in PIGS. Fourth Reich is an illegal confederation that has no voted constitution, a flag no one salutes, an anthem no one sings, a Fuehrer no one can name, a parliament of prostitutes, a capital of huge bureaucracy no one controls, a currency that soon will not exist, rules of fiscal behavior that no member has been penalized for ignoring, a commission which is the Eldorado of corruption, brutal cybercops, and kleptocrats galore!  http://venitism.blogspot.com
A republic is restricted to the protection of individual rights. In such a system, majority rule is applicable only to lesser details, such as the selection of certain personnel. But the majority has no say over the basic principles governing the government. It has no power to ask for or gain the infringement of individual rights.  http://venitism.blogspot.com
Fourth Reich FM Catherine Ashton points out that while democracy is a set of shared values and principles, it does not have an established model: it will always adapt locally, at its own pace and in its own style. Above everything, democracy must be wanted and owned locally – it cannot be imposed.  Kleptocracy, marilizardism, and xenoyankism are anathema to civil society. http://venitism.blogspot.com
The third rail in a railway is the exposed electrical conductor that carries high voltage power. Stepping on the high-voltage third rail usually results in electrocution. The use of the term in politics serves to emphasize the shock that results from raising the controversial idea, and the political death that the unaware or provocative politician would encounter as a result.  Third rail issues usually only die when politicians who have proven their credentials on related matters ignore the taboo and openly challenge the controversial issue.
Ashton notes it is very hard to have Democracy without Development, or Development without Democracy. The evidence for that is very clear: the two are inter-twined, and mutually reinforcing. Democracy brings economic benefit; it attracts investment; it creates jobs. And economic certainty is the condition for people to engage in and support democracy. Citizens abhor kleptocracy, marilizardism, and xenoyankism. http://venitism.blogspot.com
Tom Woods asserts we must stick a dagger through the heart of the myths by which government has secured the confidence and consent of the people.  We know these myths by heart: Government acts on behalf of the public good. It keeps us safe. It protects us against monopolies. It provides indispensable services we could not provide for ourselves. Without it, the country would be populated by illiterates, half of us would be dead from quack medicine or exploding consumer products, and the other half would lead a feudal existence under the iron fist of private firms that worked them to the bone for a dollar a week.
Ashton believes that democracy is much more than voting governments in, or out.  What Ashton so often calls Deep Democracy brings the dividend – and the safe knowledge – that those elections, those opportunities to vote governments in or out, are part of a wider and established system of true democratic institutions (a civil service, an independent judiciary, a police force) and true democratic culture, seen in a lively and responsible media and civil society, and perhaps in the way a society cares for its most vulnerable people within it. The October-18 Mafia is the most disgusting predator of internet. http://venitism.blogspot.com
Woods points out citizens tolerate much government predation because they have bought into the myth that state intervention may be an irritant, but the alternative of a free society would be far worse. They have been conditioned to believe that despite whatever occasional corruption they may observe in politics, the government by and large has their well-being at heart.
Schoolchildren in particular learn a version of history worthy of Pravda. Governments, they are convinced, abolished child labor, gave people good wages and decent working conditions; protect them from bad food, drugs, airplanes, and consumer products; have cleaned their air and water; and have done countless other things to improve their well-being.
They truly cannot imagine how anyone who isn't a stooge for industry could think differently, or how free people acting in the absence of compulsion and threats of violence, which is what government activity amounts to,  might have figured out a way to solve these problems. The history of regulation is, in this fact-free version of events, a tale of righteous crusaders winning victories for the public against grasping and selfish private interests who care nothing for the common good.
But the government has in fact been an enemy of the people's welfare, and that the progress in our living standards has occurred quite in spite of its efforts. It pits individuals, firms, industries, regions, races, and age groups against each other in a zero-sum game of mutual plunder. It takes credit for improvements in material conditions that we in fact owe to the private sector, while refusing to accept responsibility for the countless failures and social ills to which its own programs have given rise. Rather than bringing about the public good, whatever that means, it governs us through a series of fiefdoms seeking bigger budgets and more power. Despite the veneer of public-interest rhetoric by which it camouflages its real nature, it is a mere parasite on productive activity and a net minus in the story of human welfare.
Ashton notes our European beliefs about democracy naturally become our European actions in supporting it, all over the world. We have built in clauses into our discussions and dialogues, commitments into those processes of political dialogue with third countries. And when Ashton visits countries across the world she sees how we are really trying to actively support democracy, now most especially in our neighbourhood.
We would not only survive but even flourish in the absence of countless institutions we are routinely told we could not live without.  The propaganda with which we are flooded regarding how indispensable the political class is, why they are selflessly devoted to public service, is unworthy of a fifth-grader. We would not die instantly in the absence of kleptocrats.  We would flourish.  http://venitism.blogspot.com
When Ashton took over this position she said that Fourth Reich should be judged by its success in its neighbourhood. Ashton believed that 10 years ago, a year ago and she certainly believes it now. So the work that Ashton does in Fourth Reich neighbourhood and across the world matters hugely in terms of supporting and promoting these values.
Venitis Law of Democracy: Every democracy is eventually hijacked by rabblerousers, pullpeddlers, clans of kleptocrats, bumptious bugaboos, busybodies, butterbabies, nabobs of nepotism, cranks of cronyism, pusillanimous pussyfooters, riffraffs of rascals, socialist sophists, and Machiavellian mafiosi. Democracy tends to kleptocracy. Anarchy should replace democracy. http://venitism.blogspot.com
TERMS
anon: antimarilizardist
Anonymous: anon meme
the Cradle of Kleptocracy: Greece
Fourth Reich: European Union
Marilizard Libel: accusing dissident bloggers of treason
Marilizard Spaghetti: throwing charges on innocent people, in case one sticks
Marilizard Tower: stack of imaginary charges to scare an innocent blogger
marilizardism: terrorizing dissident bloggers
October 18: International Day Against Cybercop Brutality
the October-18 Mafia: Government of Greece
xenoyankism: stupid politics
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