InterestedParticipant
08-13-2009, 08:52 PM
Well, we're seeing the breakdown of the Democratic process and the loss of confidence in our system of government. I think this Town Hall participant said it well:
"The crowd erupted into thunderous applause and a standing ovation in response to a woman who said: 'Your government has lost the faith and trust of the American people.'"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/13/cardin-health-care-event-overflows-with-emotion/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_more_news_carousel
Well, there is evidence that this break down is deliberate. Please read the following quote from the Club of Rome's First Global Revolution (http://www.green-agenda.com/globalrevolution.html), published in 1991. From Chapter V....
...democracy will be made to seem responsible for the lagging economy, the scarcity and uncertainties. The very concept of democracy could then be brought into question and allow for the seizure of power by extremists of one brand or the other.
and here's more...
"democracy is no longer well suited for the tasks ahead.
The complexity and the technical nature of many of today's problems do not always allow elected representatives to make competent decisions at the right time. Few politicians in office are sufficiently aware of the global nature of the problems in front of them and have little if any awareness of the interactions between the problems. Generally speaking, informed discussion on the main political, economic and social issues takes place on radio and television, rather than in Parliament, to the detriment of the latter. Political party activities are so intensely focused on election deadlines and party rivalries that they end up weakening the democracy they're supposed to serve. This confrontational approach gives an impression that party needs come before national interests. Strategies and tactics seem more important than objectives, and often a constituency is neglected as soon as it is conquered. The current mode of operation in western democracies are seeing their former role decline and public opinion drifting away from elected representatives. However, the crisis in the contemporary democratic system must not be allowed to serve as an excuse for rejecting democracy as such. In the countries now opening up to freedom. Democracy is being introduced in a situation which demands that the citizens greatly changed attitudes and patterns of behavior"
"The crowd erupted into thunderous applause and a standing ovation in response to a woman who said: 'Your government has lost the faith and trust of the American people.'"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/13/cardin-health-care-event-overflows-with-emotion/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_more_news_carousel
Well, there is evidence that this break down is deliberate. Please read the following quote from the Club of Rome's First Global Revolution (http://www.green-agenda.com/globalrevolution.html), published in 1991. From Chapter V....
...democracy will be made to seem responsible for the lagging economy, the scarcity and uncertainties. The very concept of democracy could then be brought into question and allow for the seizure of power by extremists of one brand or the other.
and here's more...
"democracy is no longer well suited for the tasks ahead.
The complexity and the technical nature of many of today's problems do not always allow elected representatives to make competent decisions at the right time. Few politicians in office are sufficiently aware of the global nature of the problems in front of them and have little if any awareness of the interactions between the problems. Generally speaking, informed discussion on the main political, economic and social issues takes place on radio and television, rather than in Parliament, to the detriment of the latter. Political party activities are so intensely focused on election deadlines and party rivalries that they end up weakening the democracy they're supposed to serve. This confrontational approach gives an impression that party needs come before national interests. Strategies and tactics seem more important than objectives, and often a constituency is neglected as soon as it is conquered. The current mode of operation in western democracies are seeing their former role decline and public opinion drifting away from elected representatives. However, the crisis in the contemporary democratic system must not be allowed to serve as an excuse for rejecting democracy as such. In the countries now opening up to freedom. Democracy is being introduced in a situation which demands that the citizens greatly changed attitudes and patterns of behavior"