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Re: Can democracy really work here in Africa
by
caroasi
on 21/03/2025, 13:45:12 UTC
Democracy is a form of government characterized by by majority role in which the power to choose their leaders is solely put in the hands of the masses . Democracy is characterized by some unique qualities like free and fair election with with duration of been in power and respect for rule of law
But unfortunately this is not the case in some African countries as the opposite is the case as in every election year that comes you hear of election violence, rigging of election to favour those in power, oppression and arrest of opposition figure infact the one that makes in thinking is influx of foreign and European observer to African elections
This lead me to ask questions is democracy made for Africa or can we go back to the way we where governing our self before the advent of colonisation
Guys let discuss why is African democracy so fragile and unstable that military is always taking over democratically elected government
Democracy only works mildly better than other forms of government. What actually improves things is the underlying principles of fairness. If a country simply adopts Democracy without first understanding and adopting the underlying philosophies, very little can be expected to change. The first thing people will often try to do with a democracy is vote to give them self other people's money. Well, that is actually immoral because taking other people's property without their permission is theft, which leads to widespread and dramatic problems like extreme levels of immigration that disrupt cultural and economic systems.

Some people agree with the system who devote them self to the religion of the hive mind which is typically called socialism. In the hive mind religion, you are merely part of a larger hive mind. The hive mind is your legal guardian with higher rights and authority than you and decides what is best for you. That resolves many of the problems with socialism as the people who agree can happily ignore the fact that their money is being taken without permission, living as extensions of the hive mind instead of being their own person. That still becomes a problem when the hive mind does things like take their children away from decent if not perfect parents and put them with child sexual molesters, which does happen in the west. Since this system is hostile to people who are not in agreement, it is a also a cult. The core part of a cult as opposed to a religion is the hostility to people outside of the faith-based belief system.

African's any anyone else would greatly benefit to switching to a COOPERATIVE Republic form of Democracy. This is a type of government in which anyone you chose to represent you is your representative. It is a dramatically more natural, moral, and therefore effective system that forms like schools of fish form in the ocean. I've been starting to advocate this system, but its frustrating as despite being so clearly better than other forms of Republic I don't remember the last time if ever someone said, "Oh, that's a good idea. Let's do this.". People actually have surprisingly little reaction to the concept as if they don't care about an entirely new concept that would finally bring civility to society. The core problem is something I'm aware of. Though beneficial to everyone it is most beneficial to libertarians, but they refuse to acknowledge the strength in numbers offered by other systems as they want to act as a herd of cats at the moment.