Take a read and question the real current democratic process in Ireland . What are your thoughts regarding this post? Via ~ Tír Na Saor - Land of the Free : Cant help but notice, as the Statists scramble to find a reason to attack Sinn Féin as they race up the polls, that the one and only coherent argument that gets repeated again and again is Sinn Féin were for the water charges, now theyre against them just because the people are. ...thats democracy. A government policy is rejected by the people, so an opposition party amends its own policy to be in line with public attitudes. The fact that this is so terrifying to so many people in Ireland shows us just how entrenched the idea of the glorious corporate oligarchy is in the minds of the politically illiterate. That argument also works two ways; because as has been well recorded, Enda Kenny was elected to government on a sea of false- anti-austerity promises (this admin (Matt) voted for Fine Gael because of those promises, I will admit in all shame here and now). The moment Fine Gael and Labour got into power, however, their entire platform was changed to be in line with their German paymasters, plunging this country into even deeper austerity woes and mimicking the same policies that will drag the Eurozone kicking and screaming back into recession next year, according to all markers. Yet all the holier-than-thou critics lambasting Sinn Féin for DARING to change their tone to reflect public opinion dont seem to care that other parties change their tone, once in an actual position of power, AGAINST the will of the people, having used the democratic process as a cynical tool to cheat their way to power. Why is that? Have we reached the stage where the majority of Irish people do not believe in democracy? Because make no mistake about it; Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil are openly hostile to the concept of democracy. Their every action screams it. The voting process has become a means merely for parties to lie to gain a mandate, and then turn around once in office and do whatever it is they were planning on doing in the first place - and because of that all-important democratic mandate, the Statists will defend them to the death (but only on Facebook and Youtube comment boards. Going outside the house to protest would be demonstrating an emotion Enda Kenny and Joan Burton could never elicit in anybody: passion). In this instance, this post is not talking about the Water Charges. It is not talking about the current Coalition. It is not talking about austerity. What this post is trying to get across is this: Is it time that Ireland opens up a serious national debate about democracy, and the anti-democratic ethos bred in the halls of power in Europe that seems to have seeped its way into clogging up the inner workings of our State? It is clear since the water crisis began, with politicians banning anyone who dares question them in the Dáil and with the media spitting vitriol at peaceful protesters, that every organ of State had been arrayed to uphold Europes vision of the end of effectual democracy. The media has failed in its duty to the people and will be the next to go after Irish Water and this government; so in the meantime, WE need to open up this discussion. Do we really want Ireland to be ruled as it is now, as a corporate oligarchy and tax farm, using the democratic process merely as a front to justify that system of government, or do we want it to be a true democracy, where We, the People, rule our destinies? The time to have that discussion was the Lisbon Treaty, when the Irish people consented to the idea of rerunning votes until the right answer was returned by the electorate. Many would say its already too late - we made our bed in Lisbon II and we may now reap the consequences of European rule. But as has been proved over these past few months, its never too late - Ireland is set to rise again in a few short days, so NOW is the time to restart this conversation. Will we accept the medias view of democracy - Where only three parties are democratic; anything else is volatile (to quote the Irish Times on Sinn Féins poll successes), or will we endeavour towards an even higher ambition - a democratic system that doesnt exist for the sole purpose of justifying rule by the wealthy few, but actually catalyses rule by all.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:41:15 +0000
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