“...A GOVERNMENT OF THE
PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE”.
Do we really have a real
democracy? Do we really vote to decide our future or we can only decide who will
govern us in a better or worse way? In fact, these are questions that many
people ask themselves and they have no answer.
I would like to start
with the analysis of what a democracy system means and for this reason I am
going to use “The Gettysburg Address”, the famous speech that was
delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War. In this discourse he
explained what is a real representative and participatory democracy. It implies “a government of the
people by the people and for the people”.
Secondly, I would like to
explain what he wanted to express with “a government of the people”. It means
that the government must be chosen by people who belong to a nation. But do we
really elect our representatives or we only choose between two lists of
candidates that are drawn up and blocked by political parties? And would it be possible
that a perfect candidate who did not belong to the two main political parties
won an election? Frankly, I must say that he or she would not have any
opportunity.
Thirdly, he talked about
“a government by the people”, and I have to say that it is perhaps the only
thing you will be able to find in our democratic system. They (our
representatives) decide instead of us because it is impossible to vote every
single decision that affects us.
Moreover, he referred to
“a government for the people” but sadly at this point, I have to manifest that
no government actually governs for the people’s interest. All decisions are
taken to defend the interests of the banks and multinational companies to the
detriment of its citizens.
All things considered, I
would like to finish learning something from the new technologies, and it
implies that when one system does not work properly we have to restart it.
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