As
all our noble presidents such as Donald Trump and Barak Obama and George W.
Bush have reminded us, there are many dictatorial and collective governments
which are not only jealous of our democracy, but fear it as well. They fear
that Western democracy may expand in their land and spark a popular uprising.
Almost every citizen of the Western world has accepted to be the inhabitant of
a great nation that enjoys democracy to the fullest. There have been many referendums
initiated to prove that people in democratic countries of the west acknowledge
their freedom and cherish it, and will fight to keep such God given, State
provided freedom of choice from any hostile attack. Of course, it stems
partially from the capitalist system in the West that gives everyone choices in
abundance. This democracy is spread out all over Western countries, which can
be narrowed down to the freedom one can experience in the United States. For
instance, we elect our own government representatives through elections, with
the last one completed just a few days ago. National elections in the US are
from seven o’clock in the morning until eight o’clock at night on the first
Tuesday of November of every other year. You may ask why it is in November when
it is cold in many of the states because of rain and snow, which makes it hard to
stand in lines for hours to vote. The logical answer is to examine how much one
values his or her democracy and would sacrifice for his country, just one day
every other year to exercise his or her choice granted by forefathers of this
great nation. It is in fact a test to see how much one can withstand blizzard
in order to elect his or her representatives. You may also ask why on a
Tuesday, a day that everyone is at work, and considering the present economy,
some have to have two jobs and therefore will never get a chance to vote in
elections. There is a simple response to this question as well, which we call
auto-selection, meaning that right persons to vote are automatically selected
this way. It is not surprising to say that not all people are intelligent
enough to know how to elect a candidate, and intelligent people are occupied in
an occupation that allows them to spare one day every other year to exercise
their rights to vote. As a result of this auto-selection, wrong candidates are
automatically prevented from winning the election. Some people speak of what
they call “voter suppression”, claiming that some tactics are used to prevent
people of certain races or economic classes to vote. In a democracy, any
innovative way to win the election is in fact a sign of democracy. Those who
are intelligent enough to find inventive and groundbreaking ideas to win an
election, deserve fruits of their accomplishments. Finally, there are those who
believe that money should not be involved in politics. Ronald Reagan brought
about a new economic system that he called “trickle down economy”. It meant for
a society to be economically fair, rich people needed to become so rich that
when they held their wealth in currency and in the palm of both hands, money
would trickle down from their hands, and the rest of the society could pick
those extra wealth up. That is why every president since then, Democrat or
Republican, has eased taxing the rich. For the same reason, money in politics
is favored by every president who has been backed by industry which is the
backbone of a capitalist economy, and even our judiciary branch of the
government considered corporations as people, who could contribute to
candidates of their choice any amount they could afford. This is the true meaning
of democracy.
