The Failed American Democracy
Petition to the British Royal Crown
Report to the British Crown: State of the Union during the Demise of Democracy
I. State of Affairs in ‘The Swamp’ and Rise to Power of a Dictatorship in USA
II. Workplace Bullying and Incompetence in IMF, World Bank, and UN
III. IMF ‘Game-players’ and Cover-up of Corruption in Banking Systems
IV. ‘Keep America Great’ vs. ‘Make America Great (and White) Again’
V. Old Guard IMF ‘Game-players’ in Collusion with IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development (ICD) ‘Game-players’
VI. ICD-Strategic Evaluation Division (ICDSE), Committee on Capacity Building (CCB) and Results Based Management (RBM)
VII. Case-Study of Turkey and ICD Global Partnership Division (ICDGP)
VIII. Mis-management in ICD and ‘General Welfare’
IX. Conflict of Interest Amongst IMF ‘Game-players’
X. Faulty Allocation of Resources by ‘Game-players’ and Sustainable Development
XI. Less Government with Good Governance and Good Resource Allocation
XII. The Republicans vs. the Democrats
XIII. The Failed American Democracy
The FAILED American experiment with democracy in the past two centuries provides proof as to the advantages of a ruling-class elite, based on hereditary lineage, coupled with democratic representation of the People. While admittedly basing a ruling-class exclusively on hereditary lineage can, and has, concentrated power in the hands of people totally incapable of ruling—as history has repeatedly shown. However, as my life-story, and case demonstrate, not only are ‘messages’ of ‘good-governance’ and a duty to one’s community passed down from one generation to the next, but intelligence and brilliance are often passed down from one generation to another through genetic ‘wiring’ and DNA. The present state of affairs in the USA provides ample evidence that political systems that provide access to power (political and economic) to the masses, led by a nouveau riche elite, empower the most predatory and ruthless members of the society, rather than promoting a just society. Historian Loren J. Samons in his book, What’s Wrong with Democracy?: From Athenian Practice to American Worship, explains why democracy is NOT the utopian form of government the modern world, with the USA in the lead, and its status quo, pretend, and I quote,
The modern desire to look to Athens for lessons or encouragement for modern thought, government, or society must confront this strange paradox: the people that gave rise to and practiced ancient democracy left us almost nothing but criticism of this form of regime (on a philosophical or theoretical level). And what is more, the actual history of Athens in the period of its democratic government is marked by numerous failures, mistakes, and misdeeds—most infamously, the execution of Socrates—that would seem to discredit the ubiquitous modern idea that democracy leads to good government. Anyone turning to Athens for political lessons must confront the facts that democratic Athens dominated and made war on the states most like itself, suffered two internal revolutions, exiled or executed many of its own leaders, squandered vast public resources, an preserved its autonomy for less than two centuries…
Those employing the history of ideologies must also grapple with the fact that a people’s political ideology may be extremely superficial or may be belied by its actions or social relations. The fact that American politicians believe they must say certain types of things in order to be elected—continually aligning themselves with what “the American people” supposedly want or feel, for example—does tell us something about what a large portion of the American populace likes to think about itself: “We are a nation that acts based on majority opinion, and the majority is usually right.” But this sentiment also represents merely one of the convenient (and perhaps necessary) lies on which a democratic political regime relies. It masks all kinds of special interest politics, religious views, economic factors, and irrational forces that move politicians and individual members of the electorate. Simply put, this “American ideology” cannot explain any particular event or the particular actions of any individual citizen or politician; it cannot explain the election of Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan; it cannot even explain the bombing of Serbia or the First Gulf War….
We can neither simply accept the modern view that democracy and Thucydides’ sarcasm about the Athenian people are justified. Rather we shall analyze events in Athenian history and then attempt to draw historical lessons for ourselves from the Athenians’ practical experience of democracy. A direct confrontation with these events will cause us to question the popular view that democratic practices tend to result in good government…
…If only Socrates had not consistently offended the democratic Athenian people, he might have been allowed to live! Stone’s conclusion and Athens’s action can, of course, be defended, on both technical and moral grounds. But surely the facts that the Athenians and their democratic political system could execute a Socrates (as well as other leaders), enslave or execute thousands of their fellow Greeks, and convert a league against Persia into a sometimes brutal empire over their former Greek allies (and others) demand that we consider the potentially negative effects of direct popular government…
Like Socrates and Aristophanes, Pericles chastised the people of Athens, and like the philosopher and the comic poet, even Pericles incurred the demos’s wrath (Thur. 2.60-65). Yet what part does such public criticism of democracy, or of the citizenry itself, play in our society today? Has any politician in recent memory blamed “the American people” for national problems? Has any popular film ridiculed not only our leaders, but the people who elected them and the very system of election itself? Are we really satisfied with a public self-analysis that reaches its most philosophical and moralistic heights in the accusation “You mean you didn’t vote?!”…
We cannot test our democracy against the values of democracy. We cannot simply assume that the answer to any of democracy’s apparent political or social shortcomings is “More democracy!” Instead, we must meet the basic challenge of setting goals and standards for our society that lie beyond a system of government. Modern democratic government is, after all, a tool created by human beings in order to achieve some end—an end such as a better or more just society. As a tool—and not a metaphysical principle—democracy deserves to be evaluated in terms of its ability to perform its task. For once a type of government becomes the goal of a political action, the system of government may threaten to replace the values it was originally designed to foster, reflect, or permit. In short, treating democracy as an end rather than a means threatens to create a kind of popular faith centered on a political system (or the supposed values it generates) as the only true absolute.
American society may have reached this point. The worship of freedom through democracy seemingly has replaced other things as a goal for our lives and political system, things that may be more important to individual human beings and just societies. In essence, we may already have enshrined democratic political ideals as the tenets of a new religion…
The Founders did not try to create an environment in which democratic government per se might prosper. Rather, they sought to address perceived injustices on the part of the British regime, first by revolting and then by establishing a representative and republican form of government that would prevent similar injustices, and under which justice, excellence, and the preexisting values of the American people might not be diminished (or, for some, might be encouraged).
…What is needed in America, it seems to me, is serious criticism of representative government and democratic ideas on a popular level. Modern Americans need to confront the failings of their form of government and the absurdities of their political beliefs on a regular basis, as the Athenians did when they attended the theater, read history, or listened to certain political speeches…
If we limit ourselves to making jokes about particular political figures or actions, we in fact shield our political system, our society, and ourselves from criticism. The goal of such self-criticism is not a “better democracy,” but rather the continual questioning and strengthening of our own extrapolitical values and the social and political means we choose to encourage them.
A BBC documentary, “Meet the Trumps from Immigrant to President,” high-lights not only the ruthlessness and immorality of the ‘Second-Wave’ of immigrants to the USA, but how their predatory nature and immorality was passed down from generation to generation. This contrasts with the ‘First Wave’ of immigrants to the USA which had been escaping religious persecution in England, and throughout Europe—seeking religious freedom, as well as a better life for themselves and their families. The first Colonies were built on an ideal and desire for a better, just world, versus the fame and fortune later settlers were seeking. And, contrary to my compatriots in ‘The Swamp’—many of whom I have been lobbying for over a decade in a call for ACTION—I have been primed, groomed, and indoctrinated since birth to understand that with privilege comes responsibility. My father passed down to me lessons learned from his father about one’s obligation to serve one’s community, and country, not only through his rhetoric, but through his ACTIONS. And, while my father, and his father before him, have rarely been considered ‘politically-correct’, he never ‘sold-out’ to the status quo, or sought fame or glory for himself—as is the case amongst everyone I have encountered and been lobbying in ‘The Swamp’ for the past decade—with my correspondences and blogs.
The American socio-economic model promoted since the Reagan Era, which was in essence a back-lash to the civil rights and women’s rights movements of the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, has been just another swing in a pendulum that has been swaying back and forth for over two thousand years—during which time humankind has attempted to produce an effective way of governing itself. After the Roman Empire collapsed, monarchies became the dominating government system in Europe, which in turn gave rise to nation-states. These nation-states and the nationalistic tendencies and fervor they produced, in turn challenged monarchies with revolutions created by the revival of democratic and libertarian principles during the Enlightenment. Since monarchies failed to listen to the problems and complaints of their subjects, and instead responded with increased oppression and violence, the masses in their stead responded with violence and bloodshed.