But it will turn eventually. It took six decades to hunt down most of the Nazi's. Everything the Covid-Nazi's have done is documented. Those awareded will barely make up for their constant worries - when will they come for us?
Why am I optimistic? While a lot is severly rotten in the democracy depatment these days, the people freed themselves from Millenia of feudal oppression over the past 250 years or so. In all off history, common people never had more rights, freedoms and opportunities than since WW II in many countries.
Yes, we took two or three steps back recently (....the past few decades) and we know why. People got complacent and allowed themselves to be lulled in by excessive consumerism. We got lazy, taking everything for granted. But this is a wake-up call for many.
Unfortunately it will take decades to fix it but people sniffed freedom and what it means for the first time in history for several generations. The collective will not forget. A blueprint has been set we can refer to. It worked once (sort of) and will work again.
We always knew that power will corrupt and tried to safeguard democracy against it. It was a start and a huge improvement to anything previous - but the forces of greed and power are also intelligent and determined and figured out ways to undermine it.
We will learn from that and need to develop more robust safeguards for democracy and human rights. Maybe we have to rethink how we appoint and control public servants because is starts and ends with them.
I think we need some kind of bureaucracy to manage democracy - I can't see any other way.
But this out-of-control evergrowing deep-state corrupt bureaucracy is at the core of the current crisis of democracy. Combined with the immense power of out-of-control rich billionaires. Bureaucracy was set up to control them - no they collude with them.
We need to come up with new ideas how to overlook and control democratic institutions and bureaucracy that is independent of them and probably another body that that overlooks them. A circular chain of control and oversight. But there is probably a limit to that the power controls power paradigm.
I don't know, to be honest, and it ultimately all starts and ends with how much love and goodwill goes around in a society. It all starts and ends with us, each individual and our ablity and conviction to cease doing harm and submit the mind to the heart. We will only have a peaceful just society if a significant number of people find peace and love in their hearts and act from that. And heart is softened by accumulated pain and suffering. On a personal level and a societal level. It is a long slow and painful process on the socital level, streching centuries and millenias. And we fool ourselves thinking we can hasten the process. Too many factors out of our control drive the process.
But on a personal level we can start right now and a lot is possible in a life time, even in a few years. If the absolute priority of it is fully understood and all our energy is directed towards the goal of inner peace, amazing process can be made on a personal level. And when that inner peace and heartfelt non-violent state is achieved, the healing waves will ripple out into society sponataneously and lift the spirit of others automatically. And some are destined to achieve great political and social improvement. Mahtma Ghandi come to mind.
The important thing is to look inwards first and the outer will take care of itself.
I deal with this by letting go of the idea that things will turn in a more favourable direction any time soon 😆
But it will turn eventually. It took six decades to hunt down most of the Nazi's. Everything the Covid-Nazi's have done is documented. Those awareded will barely make up for their constant worries - when will they come for us?
Why am I optimistic? While a lot is severly rotten in the democracy depatment these days, the people freed themselves from Millenia of feudal oppression over the past 250 years or so. In all off history, common people never had more rights, freedoms and opportunities than since WW II in many countries.
Yes, we took two or three steps back recently (....the past few decades) and we know why. People got complacent and allowed themselves to be lulled in by excessive consumerism. We got lazy, taking everything for granted. But this is a wake-up call for many.
Unfortunately it will take decades to fix it but people sniffed freedom and what it means for the first time in history for several generations. The collective will not forget. A blueprint has been set we can refer to. It worked once (sort of) and will work again.
We always knew that power will corrupt and tried to safeguard democracy against it. It was a start and a huge improvement to anything previous - but the forces of greed and power are also intelligent and determined and figured out ways to undermine it.
We will learn from that and need to develop more robust safeguards for democracy and human rights. Maybe we have to rethink how we appoint and control public servants because is starts and ends with them.
I think we need some kind of bureaucracy to manage democracy - I can't see any other way.
But this out-of-control evergrowing deep-state corrupt bureaucracy is at the core of the current crisis of democracy. Combined with the immense power of out-of-control rich billionaires. Bureaucracy was set up to control them - no they collude with them.
We need to come up with new ideas how to overlook and control democratic institutions and bureaucracy that is independent of them and probably another body that that overlooks them. A circular chain of control and oversight. But there is probably a limit to that the power controls power paradigm.
I don't know, to be honest, and it ultimately all starts and ends with how much love and goodwill goes around in a society. It all starts and ends with us, each individual and our ablity and conviction to cease doing harm and submit the mind to the heart. We will only have a peaceful just society if a significant number of people find peace and love in their hearts and act from that. And heart is softened by accumulated pain and suffering. On a personal level and a societal level. It is a long slow and painful process on the socital level, streching centuries and millenias. And we fool ourselves thinking we can hasten the process. Too many factors out of our control drive the process.
But on a personal level we can start right now and a lot is possible in a life time, even in a few years. If the absolute priority of it is fully understood and all our energy is directed towards the goal of inner peace, amazing process can be made on a personal level. And when that inner peace and heartfelt non-violent state is achieved, the healing waves will ripple out into society sponataneously and lift the spirit of others automatically. And some are destined to achieve great political and social improvement. Mahtma Ghandi come to mind.
The important thing is to look inwards first and the outer will take care of itself.