Reflexions About Democracy
Autor: Thiago Vaz | Publicado: 2016-01-03T13:07:00-02:00

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1- The
term “democracy” must always be defined
in time and space.

When
we say that “we live in a democracy”, what idea of democracy do
we refere to? Is the Athenian democracy, where only the free man had
political rights, that is in question?

In
the ancient Greece was discussed democracy at the same time that the
farms and palaces were full of slaves. The term “democracy” in
Europe during the French Revolution had a completely different
meaning from the meaning given in the ancient Greece. Each society,
that was named democratic, had an own concept of democracy.

2- Does
it make sense a Oligarchic Estate named itself
democratic”?

If
economic and midiatic powers are in the hands of few people,
so, an
oligarchy governs and
remains in power foverer.
&nbsp; 


Literally,
democracy means “governanment of the people”. But, you can't rule
if you don't know that you govern. A society that was not educated
for questioning, researching and reflection, and is manipulated by
the midia's elite, can't be a democratic society.

3-
A democracy doesn't promote dictatorial governments.
The
U.S declared their independence from the british metropolis under
ideals of the French Revolution: Equality, Liberty and Fraternity.
However, they are one of the most racist nations that the world has
already met.
Besides
that, they financed and supported military coups that
resulted in dictatorial regimes all over Latin America between the
decades of 50 and 80 of the XX century.
Just
as in
Middle
East, they supported genocides,
invaded nations and sponsored anti-democratic regimes, in name of the
oil control, monopoly of weapons supply.
&nbsp;Nobody
has contributed more for the consolidation of authoritarian regimes
as the north american “democracy”.
&nbsp;4
– The
Right of expression is not a synonym of possibility of social
transformation.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Having
permission to say what you want is not enough to make a country
became a democratic Estate. In Brazil, for example, you can say what
you want about public education. It is allowed to organize
demonstration, strikes and boycotts in favor of education. But it
doesn't necessarilly mean that the people have any influence in the
future of the country's education.&nbsp;
&nbsp;We
can't mistake
right of expression with democracy. There is right of expression in a
democracy, however democracy doesn't consist on this.

5 - Right to vote associated with
private sponsor of campaign and low educational level supports the
remaining of oligarchy in power.


Democracy
doesn't consists in right to vote. Choosing
the ways of the nation goes beyond
putting names in a urn.

To
choose in fact, is necessary
to know equally
all the
options. However, the publicity of candidates and parties is
sponsored
unevenly  for economic powers. This
makes that
some candidates are widely disseminated in mass media, both in
telecommunications and in the printed
media, while other candidates are not known by most.

Besides
that, to really choose,
it
is needed to
be able to interpret
texts and reflect on speeches; it
is needed
to know minimally the history, and greographical
features, economic, social and cultural of the country. Summing
up, to exist democracy, it is necessary  that all people be educated
to research, reflect, disagree, analyse, and
build their own opinion.


6
– Conclusion

I
believe that Brazil is passing through a democratic
euphoric state fully illusory
and numbing.

Talking
about democracy in Brazil, there is much more to build and
consolidate than to celebrate.

It
is known that Brazil has many problems to be faced, like corruption
and the land distribution matter. However, I think we should start by
education, that is the major obstacle for the social and economic
flourishment that Brazil needs and deserves.