october 2o2o
the feature of democracy is that fifty-one percent decide
about the laws which 1oo% have to follow
.
the feature of unipolar democratic rule
is that a citizen needs only 51% of the votes to become president
.
over time - years and terms and decades -
the public administration will represent mainly the interests of those 51%
following that one leader
.
while on the other hand
the presence of a collegial executive ( like we know it only from Switzerland )
rather a multipolar parliament causes
through the incentive of a lower barrier-entry to government
giving the citizens true choice in electing their delegates
ensuring each parliament , executive and judiciairy
keep reflecting the people's will ,
that is , diversity
in the absence of collegial leadership
the country can over time always fall victim to homogenous totalitarianism
which is not to say a directorial executive can't end up in authoritanianism ,
but a (my) hypothesis states that for as long
as the equality of the members of the council is kept ,
for as long as the members of the council stay loyal to the concept
of one person , one vote ,
of course with an honorable 'primus inter pares' , - but as it says , inter pares -
the collective reason would prevail , the people's will would prevail
.
the government's ability to be able to deliver justice ,
to guarantee the monopoly of force ,
to keep unity - together with the population - in society prevails
with at least always one of the seven councilors
to whom a citizen has to give the benefit of the doubt
and it stays even in the mind of the uttermost rebel of this rebelnation
an exception to lean up , surely not in violence ,
against the authority in not pre-agreed manner
and will never lead to a presidentalship lest royaldoom again
.
because while staying
or saying stubbornly 'no' to a delusional authority might be legitimate ,
a revolution to abolish collegialship or directoriality
- de theoria - never is
.
and with it there is general to not say overwhelming trust
in government , the Helvetic system , the people's will
and with it peace in the streets
.
in contrary to collegial leadership ,
when a unipolar presidential nation gets under pressure :
catastrophes , victim of own success ,
enemies to better not have cared for
... the fear pressure of life creates
to say the many live-hoods to be considered
to not say cared for
respectively the pressure a fear or the anxieties of a fatalistic chain of failures
might create ...
...
could , can , shall , shall not
yet in the presence of the overhanging trust the president enjoys ,
it will always lead the president to listen to the own community more in the distress
favoring loyalty more than merit ,
favoring - what is feared - selfish arrogance in getting re-elected
more than common ignorance in front of such unworthy superficial vanity
for attention to be given for the wars to come
or still being fought out by the suffering ,
still suffering ,
people -
in ruling the nation
.
.
first of all it's not necessarily in the interest of the majority of the people
to have the government turn authoritarian
and so a leader might have to bow to pressure
.
second of all it's not necessarily in the interest of the neighbouring nations
which might decide for the people about the fate of the nation
.
but with more than 15o countries ,
ruled rather by strong presidents than weak collegial councils ,
there is always somewhere a president and his ministers and generals under pressure ,
learning more or less accidentally that can cheat
thanks to the executive presumption of innocence ( the respect and trust )
which enjoy as presidents !
.
may the people forgive them
( jaja )
