Democracy and Socialism
Democracy offers freedom of choice to the individual, a most cherished goal for the human being. Democracy in economic activity is expressed as capitalism.
Socialism offers dignity to every individual, no doubt a must for every individual. Socialism in economic activity expressed itself as communism.
Democracy and Socialism being basic requisites for the society, the problem is to have a model that will offer both. Both capitalism and communism have by themselves proved to be bad.
Democracy by itself can be meaningless: capitalist exploitation, endless bickering among political political parties, dominating ideologies or personalities progressing to authoritarianism or dictatorship, can all come with it.
Socialism by itself, in the form of communism has fallen into disrepute since the individual's freedom is curtailed. What then is the ideal model which will ensure both Democracy and Socialism?
posted by Vijayaraghavan Padmanabhan | 2:57 am
4 Comments:
While I don't, personally, favor Socialism as a economic system, I think it important to recognize that economic systems are the slaves of political systems. If and when we achieve a genuinely democratic political infrastructure where the people select their public officials from among themselves (rather than a party-based system, where political elites name the candidates for public office.)
Fred Gohlke
While I don't, personally, favor Socialism as a economic system, I think it important to recognize that economic systems are the slaves of political systems. If and when we achieve a genuinely democratic political infrastructure, the people will decide the economic system they prefer.
Footnote: A genuine democratic infrastructure will let the people select their public officials from among themselves rather than having candidates chosen by the elites of political parties.
Fred Gohlke
While I don't, personally, favor Socialism as a economic system, I think it important to recognize that economic systems are the slaves of political systems. If and when we achieve a genuinely democratic political infrastructure where the people select their public officials from among themselves (rather than a party-based system, where political elites name the candidates for public office.)
Fred Gohlke
I apologize for making a mess of my response. I tried to edit my comment but, instead, created a mess.
My response it currently shown as the second comment. The first and third should be deleted.
Fred Gohlke
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