Britain and the US - Democracies? Aye Right!

A friend took me to task for my repeated assertions that the US and Britain are not democratic. I attempted to convince him and his wife that this is not some kind of abstract theoretical debating point, but a real substantial issue that has profound implications for both societies. Yes our nations both give most people a vote, but that is an entirely different matter than giving them any influence or meaningful participation in the nation's wellbeing or decision-making. Democracy means people rule, we are all aware of that, but is anyone seriously suggesting that in either society the people actually matter or are even considered by the elites in both countries who rule exclusively in their own interests? In Scotland we franchised our youth aged sixteen and over for our referendum in 2014 and the whole world praised that campaign for its freshness and genuine democratic nature and the debates that characterised it. It was a genuine participatory democracy, only sullied by the normal lies and deceits we expect as the norm from the Westminster pigsty and its craven representatives. What has been the lesson the pigsty took from that referendum? Under no circumstances will we enfranchise the youth, they were too smart and will probably not vote for us, that is the British democratic way. This youth tendency was again powerful in the EU referendum and if the 16 to 18 year olds had been enfranchised, all the polls show that Remain would have won.

Britain can never aspire to proper democracy as long as we have a monarchy and an aristocracy. Britain is ruled by class and the monarchy sit at the apex of the class hierarchy. The elite make concessions from time to time when they see their interests being imperilled, such as enfranchising the working class and women, but all concessions will be neutered and if possible removed over time to consolidate class rule and privilege, this was the stark warning that Marx gave us, and he was right. Today our press is reporting that one-fifth of the British population is living in poverty, so what is our votes worth to a British politician who lives in utter contempt of ordinary working people?

In a political system like the British, government is founded on trust. We have no constitutional mechanisms such as in the USA to hold governments to account if they become tyrannical or govern for narrow vested interests. Human beings are social beings and are all born with equal rights, there are no privileges or ranks and status in the birth process, we all enter this world in exactly the same manner.Thus, human rights are intrinsic and prior to both law and government. As a result, governments have no rights that exceed the people over whom they rule. They are elected to preserve peace and attend to the necessities of their populations, if that is not their motivation they should not be elected in the first place. As a result, there must be meaningful and moral restraints on power, no human being in any position of power or authority should be able to do as they please. If politicians break that trust then they must be removed immediately, and by force if necessary. Rule must always be subordinate to law and the agreement of the ruled. Government must therefore always be responsible to the law and the communities over which they exercise authority. Remember, government is derivative, it derives from a purpose, the need for the regulation of the human environment from which it derives its being. As the right to govern and rule are founded on trust, that right is revocable. Consent is the only basis of authority and rule. Therefore, as it is the legislature that is elected, the executive must never be allowed to dominate the decision-making process, and that is why British so-called democracy is a mockery. The British legislature is toothless and is simply the pawn of the executive, failing to hold them to account. After the monarchy, the biggest impediment to the democratic process in Britain is the poisonous two-party system.

In both the USA and Britain, class rules. The American system is dominated by wealth and finance and therefore hostage to the rich and powerful. The British dominated by the public school, Oxbridge elitism that represents the will of that same class of wealthy oligarchs. This monopoly on power, founded on a poisonous and destructive ideology, is destroying both our societies. If you really think you live in a democracy, then I respectfully disagree. You have been warned

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