Democratic Dictatorship!

Many people in Britain wrongly believe that we live in a democratic nation, based upon liberty and backed up by constitutional guarantees. However the truth is that we currently live in a democratic dictatorship. What else could you call a system were we don't simply elect a representative; we elect or have appointed someone to rule over us arbitrarily.

Having a democratically elected representative as Prime Minister is different than having an elected (or appointed) arbitrary ruler. If we truly lived in a democratic society, the voice of the people would be listened too; our opinions and desires would be the sole basis for decision making on big issues affecting our lives. Instead what we currently have is essentially a system of one man, wrongly referred to as a "Prime Minister", who acts and makes decisions for us based upon his own personal agenda.

In Ulster our own experience of this system of dictatorial democracy was highlighted under the rule of the recently deposed Peter Hain, as well as our own recently elected wannbe "lords of the fief" in Stormont; what we can see of our so-called system of democracy is that it is neither democratic nor fully guaranteed.

What solution then is there to this increasingly unrepresentative, undemocratic, anti-libertarian and autocratic system? Well the answer lies in the name "Demos Kratia" or "Peoples Rule". A truly democratic system of government is one directly 'dictated' by the people, a system of direct democracy. In such a system the citizens make the big decisions affecting the lives of citizens, through referenda. A dictatorship, of, for and by the people.

Only a system of direct democracy can create a truly democratic, just and free society, were the citizens of the country make the big decisions and our elected representative(s) see that it is done. Only when we have a fully democratic system will we be able to preserve our liberty more securely.