Weak Democracy and Entertainment

For the majority of people in the West it appears that democracy has lost its meaning as a means of political participation and is now seen as a kind of freedom to have fun or to be entertained – a right upheld and maintained by massive security forces, harsh anti-terrorism laws, vast corporations and increasingly powerful executive driven governments. While democracy continues to exist as a political and social ideal for so many oppressed peoples in the Third World, in the West it has become a matter of preserving the luxuries we currently enjoy against any perceived threat – from terrorism to global warming. Under such circumstances it is no wonder that democracy is not in good condition and largely exists in name only, not only in the corrupt states of the Third World, but within the increasingly decadent heart of the West itself.

Partisan Politics versus Direct Democracy

The effect that the advent of partisan politics had on the legislative process is that it disconnected political power from the physical community of human beings and transferred it to an artificially created political interest group claiming to represent the “interests” of the people as a whole.  

Comedy, Counter-Culture and Why Bush Doesn't Care About Either

It seems that the concept of what makes a political statement is lost on many people these days. A lot of comedy today is merely an aspect of the so-called “counter-culture” and many of these comedians seem to think that they are making a political statement by making fun of their society’s elites in various creative ways. In reality they cannot be considered rebels at all – do they not see how the elites they make fun of pay them no heed? Their comedy actually serves a very useful social function that the present day elites would be foolish to condemn or throw away.