The problem with democracy
Voters today often find that their votes do not influence societal policy because politicians do not follow their will and do not fulfill the promises they made to voters. That is why, for example, participation in elections in the USA falls below 35% of the voting population. To increase the credibility of the lousy election system in the US, an election show is created that lasts for more than a year and is broadcast every day in prime time on television. As a result of this propaganda, people support their favourites the same way sports fans support their idols, which has little in common with democracy.
It isn't even relevant to the show's creators who wins; it's about making voters happy if their candidate wins and sad if they lose, while politics don’t change at all. That is all a vast manipulation, which many people are aware of. So why, then, are there no attempts to change anything?
Democracy, by definition, requires decision-making power in the hands of the people. Of course, this challenges the will of influential people, which is why scientists have not reached an academic consensus on what a developed democracy is supposed to look like. But politicians use the word democracy whenever it suits them, as if their democracy is a perfectly defined solution. Of course, it is not.
In my book Humanism, I define a developed form of democracy as one in which all people truly decide on all issues of their interest and, in doing so, define the best possible political orientation of society. So why don't people consider my ideas?
First, because it requires intellectual effort, which cannot be directly profitable. People who seek a satisfying solution soon realize that redistributing real decision-making power in society is hard to accept because of the many interests of people with different powers. Besides, my ideas diverge sharply from the knowledge and customs people are accustomed to, making them emotionally unacceptable. No arguments help here. Societal inertia is nothing but a consequence of conspiracies by authorities throughout human history. Today’s accepted knowledge still aims to make people obedient followers of authorities.
After fifteen years of promoting ideas on how to build a good society, I haven't succeeded in making people interested. Paradoxically, this has been happening during a time of political, economic, and moral crisis around the world, when numerous people searched for an escape from unfortunate situations but could not find it because no other idea besides mine existed to create a good society. Unfortunately, accepting this path to a good society will take a long time.