Democracy
I do not believe in the myth of “parliamentary democracy” dear to western values beholders. The reason is simple, in my humble view: the so-called democracies are in fact just as much run by oligarchies, as autocracies of the old, or new, style. Furthermore the evidence from history, slave trade, colonialism, violent coercion of popular revolts, political assassination, propaganda and a general climate of repression, shows that this is a constant of any oligarchic order.
Occasionally there appears to be a small break in the flow of coercion, as for example, in Europe, for a couple of years at the end of WWII. Yet we could also recall that that break did not apply to the people of Asia, South America, or Africa, still subjected to brutal colonialism (think of the wars in Indochina, or the political assassinations of local leaders in the Congo, and more…)
political elections
Yet I have always voted in political elections, where I could. This merits some explanation given my assertions. I cannot vote in parliamentary elections where I live, only to local elections, and the so-called elections to the European Parliament, a body without effective control of an unelected executive. However I consider, as a born nationalist and traditionalist (in other terms an old-fashion conservative), that those local elections are important. A long line of people have fought for the freedom and inclusivity of the vote, since the days when only propertied males of the right faith had that right.
The Populist Delusion
We must continue to vote, even in the knowledge that it is interest groups that mainly succeed in making use of elected representatives, even though less so at the local level. The author Neema Parvini, in his book “The Populist Delusion”, has shown that through recent history, i.e. in the past two centuries, only minorities have ruled, as recognised and commented on by many philosophers and writers (Mosca, Pareto, Schmitt, Jouvenel, Burnham.)…
Evidently this was the case, in earlier times, under a feudal system, but the demise of that system, in the sixteenth century, has not altered that fundamental truth. Majorities cannot rule, as they cannot be organised, by definition, contrary to determined elites. Indeed the usurpation of political power by the said moneyed elites is a reality all over the world, with rare and temporary exceptions.
local politics
So, why vote? From my angle, as an alien living in a democracy, I vote in order to retain our acquired rights, as we could lose them easily, as many elections scams, and the onset of dictatorships, prove, and so that we keep a modicum of control over the local politics.
I voted in the last local elections, because I want to get rid of a fraudulent mayor who believes it has the right to plunder the locals, particularly families, older people and the poor, and I voted in order to maintain the very good conservative administration of my borough, that is doing a very good job. In a sense it is a compromise. I know that I don’t really know the people I have voted for, I know more about the charlatans I wish to eject from power.
national sovereignty
Another, more essential, reason for voting is to uphold national sovereignty. There is no doubt about the influence, to our peril, of a malefic and powerful group manifestly driven by a transnational, or “globalist”, ideology, that postulates the abolition of national sovereignty.
What about revolution, you may well ask. Then I have news for you. There is no other revolutions than colour revolutions, funded, organised and provoked by some wealthy donors, NGOs (the plague of the world) or gangsters à la Soros. Sad truth. The material to justify this assertion is too abundant to fit in this post.
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