Welcome to the plutocracy3/30/2023 Indirect bourgeois democracy only limits the information available to the citizens, therefore justifying the limiting of their involvement in the decision-making process. Even more, the fact that for a person to get enough exposure to even get close to being elected needs to raise close to 1 billion dollars, makes it impossible for non-elites run the country. ![]() It is more than evident, however, that there will never be such a person that will only use their superior expertise and power for the benefit of the many, especially when the very type of political system, indirect democracy that it is, does not allow for them to be held accountable for every decision they make. Therefore, elections are only necessary once every four years, and should only be indirect, with citizens specifying which elite, or which superior person, is fit enough to manage this system, trusting them to direct the system to operate it for the benefit of the many. Hence, the essence of indirect democracy is that there are only a few, elite people who are fit to make decisions regarding a complex financial system, and the economy that revolves around it, while the rest of us cannot know the details of this decision making, as we are unfit to even know about them. ![]() Hence, as these fields develop, they integrate with and evolve into necessary prerequisites for economic growth, and essentially dictate the direction of government policies in order to preserve those sectors for ‘prosperity’ and ‘growth’ to follow. While the financial aspect has been automated through integration with complex algorithms, carrying out corporate finance and investing now require rigorous, sophisticated calculations, and a considerable expertise in mathematics. The interplay of the banking and financial systems with individuals, corporations, and the government only allows the economy to evolve and grow upon the existing accumulation of capital, investments, debt financing, and public-private partnerships. At the same time, it is almost impossible to access and get involved with the banking system and the financial sector, unless one is a graduate of one of the top universities of the United States, or otherwise affiliated with those already involved with it. The other, equally important characteristic is the existence of a financial system, of which the structures and procedures are extremely complex for the vast majority of people without expertise in the relevant field. Nevertheless, minimizing availability of information regarding current events, negotiations, and, in general, inter-state as well as intra-state relations, is only one of the two characteristics upon which bourgeois democracy is constructed, and by which it is justified by its proponents. Politicians having both public and private positions on contemporary issues and negotiations is not only common practice, but, more importantly, is at the core of ‘liberal,’ indirect, elitist, bourgeois democracy. ![]() Among the many controversial statements that Hillary Clinton has made in the past years, and which were published by Wikileaks, was ‘that politicians need to have “both a public and a private” negotiating position.’ Although this statement fueled much discussion regarding the moral side of this issue, it is evident that this has been the dominant philosophy for years, not only for Washington, but for all democratic governments around the world hence the citizens barely take part in any major political or economic decision made by the government.
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