LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LIES AT THE ROOT OF DEMOCRACY
Commonly, we are well aware of the fact that communist regimes and other dictatorships lack transparency; that’s part of their inherent tyranny, and that’s what makes them undesirable. After all, who would dare hold a dictator accountable?
However, little are we aware of or is it spoken about that the western democratic system is no different in terms of transparency, ,contrary to what it claims to be. This is not only shocking for those who have aspired to join the democratic world, but it is something which makes one think seriously about the harm and danger that lie underneath the façade of democracy.
Personally, I consider this fact absolutely shocking, which, a decade ago, I would have not believed had it been pointed out to me. I would have not imagined how non-transparent democracy is and how much secrecy western regimes involve. But, facts are there; we merely fail to explain them correctly. The western regimes are based on lies – they lie about everything, and I mean, everything: politics, science, in schools, at workplace, and business. Therefore, lies and lack of transparency are the same. You cannot expect to find transparency in a political system where everything is based on lies.
In the West, there is lack of transparency in the courts of law, the way laws are written or formulated, and who is the object or the target of such laws even though they seem general. There is lack of transparency in business contracts and employment contracts. The way the system is designed is terrible and horrible, but given the culture of lies and lack of morality, nothing should surprise us.
Lack of transparency makes the western regimes, in my view, very dangerous, so much so that soon their political harm will be detrimental to the existence of the western society. At the same time, I hope that this lack of transparency and immorality will lead such regimes to suicide, and ironically, this could be the deserved price that they will pay.
If things are not transparent and we don’t know if they’re applied fairly to all the members of the society, if everything is done secretly and behind the scenes, why do then bother to have laws, employment contracts, public policies?
Well, it seems secrecy and lack of transparency perform really well as long as people are told the opposite. If we know that democracy is unfair, a lie, lacks transparency, it works secretly, then we get prepared and act accordingly.
Nevertheless, it is not only heartbreaking, but it is appalling and disgraceful to see how corrupt and non-transparent western democratic regimes are, sometimes even worse than communist regimes, which in order to make up for their bad reputation, they could be more transparent than democracy.
This is what happens when lies, deception, and political propaganda are the norm while the political power is super concentrated in the hands of few – secretly, of course.
Sabri Lushi
