The Democratic Damage to USA By T.S. Khanna,May 6, 2014

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May 6, 2014.

The Democratic Damage to USA

By T.S. Khanna, May 6, 2014

Whenever there is a revolution against autocratic rule, faith in democracy peaks into euphoria.  Seekers and founders of democracy see only the dreamy side of democracy based on the sentiments of freedom and equality.  They tend to ignore the selfish and damaging potential of human nature with freedom and equality for all.

“All men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence means that in the prevailing legal and moral framework of the society, all persons should have equal opportunity in competing and must be treated equally under the law.  It never meant that all men are or should be equal in physique, intelligence, ability, merit, possessions or wealth.

The 18^th century design of democratic government for the USA is now showing signs of fatigue and non-sustainability:

• Ever-growing budget deficit;
• Political logjams and deadlocks in Congress;
• Atomization of the society caused by representative democracy without the superseding power of collective democracy;
• Diversity with conflicting and persistent interests dissipating the collective positive energy of the nation;
• Departure from the strong wealth producing values of Capitalistic Democracy  (Economic Democracy) and embracing of the wealth consuming Socialistic Democracy (Economic Autocracy); and,
• Ruination of great values that propelled the progress and the quality of life in the name of “blind justice equality”, equating the best of human culture (family values, free competition, responsibility, accountability) with the worst of human nature (porno/drugs business).
• Degeneration of Public Education System, in academic, manners, and morals.

Much of the damage is being caused by the diffused value system, divided and diluted authority, and the absence of accountability.

The future demands that governments be now more goal and efficiency oriented than be merely ideology oriented.  No political idea has a permanent shelf life anymore.  Legitimacy of governments now hinges more on how accurately and efficiently they are able to meet the new challenges of the changing times.

Political Pundits, regardless of their party affiliation, are urged to incorporate the needed changes in American democracy to bring the nation back on the track.