Re: Moral recession in democracies
ASIA – UNITED STATES Obama, world crisis and the new world order - Asia News.htm
11/14/2008 15:14 ASIA – UNITED STATES
Obama, world crisis and the new world order by Maurizio d’Orlando
TOTAL copy and past really shame i will say to pakistani newspaper enjoy urs comments
In today’s world the only political regime that is considered fully legitimate in political and economic terms is democracy. Many wars have been fought to spread democracy and in democracy, by definition, the people are sovereign. However, if a highly developed and complex democracy like that of the United States can be guided (in the sense that voters are left with the illusion that they can choose when in fact their choices like in a supermarket are shaped by marketing, political marketing that is) by those with deep pockets, the legitimacy of the system no longer lies in the consent of the people since the latter goes to the highest bidder. Hence money becomes the basis of consent and power in a democracy.