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How do you define democracy? In political science courses we tend to say:

 

Democracy is the never-ending struggle to create, maintain and enhance:

      * People Power      *Group Equality      *Individual Liberty

 

Democracy is designed to place social and political power into the hands of  otherwise divisive and chaos prone humankind.

 

Democracy is the noble effort at government "by the people" and "for the people", while mitigating our human inclination for DRAMA.

 

What's your understanding? Can you see why some governments (in dealing with humankind) would choose to be authoritarian or totalitarian?

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Elijah Muhammad taught his followers to seek ROOT knowledge.
Meaning, don't let Caucasians just give you the surface definition of a word because they can cause a lot of confusion and deception that way.
Go to the ROOT of words and their origins (usually in Greek and Latin when it comes to European words) in order to find out the TRUE and ORIGINAL meanings.


Democracy is NOT the rule of "people".

Democracy is the rule of DEMONS (devils).

 

And that's what you have in Western civilization.
A civilization or system in which DEMONS (literally) are in charge.

When you see Caucasians in power on television talking about "spreading democracy" they are talking about spreading THEIR rule and system around the world.

 

And if you know what a REAL demon/devil is then you will agree....lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 Can you see why some governments (in dealing with humankind) would choose to be authoritarian or totalitarian?

 

Absolutely.
 

I don't believe it's the BEST form of government, but sometimes authoritarian regimes are necessary to establish order and stability in society.

In the "old world" (which is currently still operating) most well run and stable governments  OF COLOR are AUTHORITARIAN (China, Cuba, Nigeria, Iran, North Korea, Zimbabwe, ect....) ruled.
Not so-called "democracies".


It may sound counter-intuitive but letting people of color have TOO MUCH liberty leads to self destruction.....like what happened in Iraq after Sadaam was removed.

Unlike most Caucasians who tend to be self-disciplined, most People of Color in this "old world"  need a strong ruler with an iron fist.

 

In the "New World" that will no longer be necessary.
 

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On 11/3/2020 at 9:23 AM, Pioneer1 said:

Democracy is the rule of DEMONS (devils).

 

Here we go!!! ROTFLMBAO!

 

On 11/3/2020 at 9:23 AM, Pioneer1 said:

Unlike most Caucasians who tend to be self-disciplined, most People of Color in this "old world"  need a strong ruler with an iron fist.

 

Sterotypes have destroyed you ability to reason ... seriously.

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Troy

 

If you doubt my etymological lesson on the word "democracy" then research it yourself and tell me what YOU find.

 

 


Sterotypes have destroyed you ability to reason ... seriously
 

What does my reasoning abilities have to do with documented history and current world affairs?

If you disagree with what I say, give me a modern example of a "stable" government fully controlled by people of color that is NOT an authoritarian regime.
 

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So we live in a "demonocracy" huh?  

 

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

If you doubt my etymological lesson on the word "democracy" then research it yourself and tell me what YOU find.

 

Dude you are the one who should be looking it up.  Whenever I present you with facts you don't change your belief.  The word Democracy is not derived from the same root as Demon.  But believe what you want, you are going to do it regardless of what I say, or what the fact are...

 

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

...give me a modern example of a "stable" government fully controlled by people of color that is NOT an authoritarian regime.

 

All of them and none of them.  The answer depends upon your meaning of "people of color" and "stable." Since the words mean what you say they mean, the answer is what you say it is. 

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Troy
 

 

So we live in a "demonocracy" huh?  

Ofcourse, lol.

I thought you knew that already.

 

 

 

 

 

Dude you are the one who should be looking it up.
 

I have.
Many years ago.And when I DID, guess what I found:

Quote

 

Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese demo (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).


https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demo#:~:text=%2Fˈde.mo%2F-,Etymology 1,goddess%2C divine power”). 

 



 

 

All of them and none of them.  The answer depends upon your meaning of "people of color" and "stable." Since the words mean what you say they mean, the answer is what you say it is. 

 

Not necessarily......
We have to have common agreement on certain definitions in order to get along in society on even a BASIC level.

 

When I say governments by "people of color" I'm talking about almost all of the nations outside of Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United States.

By "stable" I mean you don't have armed revolutions breaking out trying to take out the prime minster, national leadership, or local leadership violently every so many months......instead of peaceful elections.

 

It shouldn't be too hard to find atleast a FEW examples of nations fitting that description around the planet.

 

But now where you may find a little trouble is remember I said they had to be FULLY controlled by themselves....meaning completely independent and not having Europeans or Americans supporting their country financially.

 

But still, you should be able to find a few.

 

 

Now.............

Of those few that fit that description how many are NOT authoritarian?
Meaning having a strong leader or dictator keeping them in check?

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On 11/3/2020 at 8:29 AM, Guest Garland Gregory said:

How do you define democracy? In political science courses we tend to say:

 

Democracy is the never-ending struggle to create, maintain and enhance:

      * People Power      *Group Equality      *Individual Liberty

 

Democracy is designed to place social and political power into the hands of  otherwise divisive and chaos prone humankind.

 

Democracy is the noble effort at government "by the people" and "for the people", while mitigating our human inclination for DRAMA.

 

What's your understanding? Can you see why some governments (in dealing with humankind) would choose to be authoritarian or totalitarian?

Wow....the tenets of democracy surely have changed since i first became concerned about the concept. I have always felt that democracy, in theory, has merit. However, the problem lies in practice and application especially when conceived in a nation that is a Republic with underlying corporate undertones. In any event, as someone who has labored to understand the constructs of governmental rule from various perspectives, I do still value the inherent values of democracy as opposed to the payout conferred by either socialism or communism both of which I studied during my revolutionary days in the 70s. I shun authoritarian and totalitarian dogma.

Oh yes, I, no doubt, can see why some governments would choose to rule in such a fashion. Both virtually insure compliance due to the heavy-handed power wielded by a state that will not tolerate any freedoms other than those endorsed by  state policy. 

And i have never thought, by any stretch of the imagination, that democracy was designed to do any of the things espoused above. Again, the theory is breathtakingly awe-inspiring, but it loses its poetry when confronted with the practices of men out to invent their own traditions. Usually such man-made traditions and practices conflict with the noble aims of the theory. Personally, I have never entertained the notion that leaders seek to uphold the will of the people, but rather, in time, will seek to impose their will upon the people. During those heady days of revolutionary fervor, one of my favorites quotes was from Hitler. "WHAT LUCK IT IS FOR RULERS THAT MEN DO NOT THINK"

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Actually......
I misspoke when I said Caucasians tend to be more self-disciplined.

What I actually meant to say was they tend to be emotionally weaker and are less rebellious and strong willed than people of color.

They are more RECESSIVE and although not always usually tend to be  WEAKER physically and mentally (excluding intelligence).
Which means they usually put up LESS RESISTENCE to leadership and following orders.
 

People of color on the other hand....especially those of African and Native American descent...tend to be very emotional and emotionally strong willed and even rebellious at times.
 

Tell a Black man what to do......sometimes he'll start grinning and do the opposite JUST TO SEE what you'll do about it.


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"Ah nigga what YOU go do about it
if I don't?
Besides get knocked out?
"

Sometimes you have to make a couple phone calls and threaten to nuke his entire block just to get him to respect you and cooperate...lol.
But it's how a lot of us are!


We respect STRENGTH.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said that the Black man was hard headed, stiff necked, and rebellious.
Hard to lead in the right direction.

People love to criticize Joe Jackson (Michael Jackson's father) and Serena Williams' father because these Black men were seen as abusive and too hard on their children.  But most people don't understand that usually a Black father HAS to be hard on his children and whip their ass and instill fear of failure in them and respect for authority in them in this White Supremacist society!

A good Black father KNOWS how to tame the strength of that young lion in his house!
Whip his son's ass good a few times and threaten to half kill him.....he'll grow up to be a FINE young man!

If you try to raise him the way White folks TELL you to....that little nigga'll cut your throat in bed while you're sleeping!


You have to know how to FOCUS a Negro's genius or this society will make him use it for self-destructive purposes.
 

We need to stop standing around scratching our heads so much over WHY we act the way we act and do more accepting it and looking for ways to make it work for us.

African peoples have a very strong and often times rebellious spirit that requires a STRONG almost dictatorial, charismatic, and flamboyant leader to charm us and force us to keep order and stay in line.

You may say this is extreme, but when our emotional power and resilience is channeled in the RIGHT direction we become the most powerful and productive people on Earth!
 

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"No no, you got something in your eye.
Let me help you get it out!"

 

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