Well, ok, that does make a lot of sense and aligns with what I’ve been discovering myself in the last few years - Democracy is a process, not an absolute inalterable state of being.
This dovetails with a lot of things such as how parties who remain too long in power become corrupt over time no matter how honest they started as, an effect that also seems to happen when it’s two parties alternating in power (were both parties become corrupt over time, just slower).
You also see the near constant attempts at undermining the independence of the Press and Judicial Pillars of Democracy and making them subservient to the Political Pillar and/or with that same Pillar becoming subservient to other, non-state unelected powers, typically those whose power comes from Money.
Similarly with religion. e.g. Jesus said: “love one another, especially those you disagree with” - love ofc is a chosen attitude towards patience, gentleness, kindness, peace, etc., and instituted the most widespread and strongest provisions for women’s rights that the world has ever seen.
Fast-forward to today’s religious christofascists taking away women’s health options and taking sexual advantage of children and it’s just… not the same. Everything gets corrupted over time, and takes effort to preserve and persevere.
Well, ok, that does make a lot of sense and aligns with what I’ve been discovering myself in the last few years - Democracy is a process, not an absolute inalterable state of being.
This dovetails with a lot of things such as how parties who remain too long in power become corrupt over time no matter how honest they started as, an effect that also seems to happen when it’s two parties alternating in power (were both parties become corrupt over time, just slower).
You also see the near constant attempts at undermining the independence of the Press and Judicial Pillars of Democracy and making them subservient to the Political Pillar and/or with that same Pillar becoming subservient to other, non-state unelected powers, typically those whose power comes from Money.
Similarly with religion. e.g. Jesus said: “love one another, especially those you disagree with” - love ofc is a chosen attitude towards patience, gentleness, kindness, peace, etc., and instituted the most widespread and strongest provisions for women’s rights that the world has ever seen.
Fast-forward to today’s religious christofascists taking away women’s health options and taking sexual advantage of children and it’s just… not the same. Everything gets corrupted over time, and takes effort to preserve and persevere.