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| Permalink View Article Stats Promoted to Headline (H2) on 11/20/11: It's not just our leaders who are in a crisis. Democracy itself is failing | Peter Beaumont Quicklink submitted by Rob Kall (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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if our politics is failing, it is not enough to blame a small elite, whether from the world of politics or finance. The crisis is located at a far deeper level, in our own acceptance of a series of implausible economic propositions even as populations in the west disengaged from political involvement.the politicians we have too often elected, are men and women who see politics as part of a boutique career, not as a passionate calling. We abdicted our engagement in the democratic process to politicians who abdicated influence to an unaccountable system as part of a pact that saw us happy as long as we were relatively comfortable. With that arrangement breaking down, we discover we have given up more than we bargained for. |
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