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.