GOVERNMENT OF WHICH PEOPLE?

Democracy is one of the greatest fraud that has ever happened to humanity, it seems like a great fix because it’s supposed to be a government of the people, for the people and by the people. But when you realize that the people only have a say in choosing between the devil and a demon, you realize that even the military system is better if it does the job it’s supposed to do. Let’s take statistics of how Nigeria was during the military regime, and how we are today, it’s clear how our economy has declined over the years, insecurity has become the other of the day, and although the government wasn’t stable, the nation was stable, and now that it looks as though the government isn’t stable, the nation is in crisis. If it were the military there would have already been a coup in an effort to change bad government and the new government would try to make things better. But then again even the military government could not be trusted, there was no freedom anywhere and death was the penalty for even the smallest of crimes. The citizens were safe from bandits but not from the government who could snap at any given chance for whatever reason.

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Today we have military leaders in a democratic government, those who will never bend to the cry of the citizens who elected them, and would not mind the citizens dying if it means they get what they want. I can count a few times when a democratic government turned on its citizens and never flinched about it. It is no different from the military system that uses the military to instill fear and this is why I think we should try a new system of government. I would have said monarchy, but that would be giving the whole power of a nation to a family or group of families giving them the ability to play God with the lives of the citizens. I mean, look at the few African Nations practising pure monarchy, the richest in the nation is always the royal family, and they do this at the detriment of their citizens. No matter how good a king is, you can never expect the son to continue in the father’s shoes and it’s even worse when it creates a system of slavery for the citizens because the king owns every single person in the Nation.

I feel the parliamentary system of government that gives the power to the legislature is one system that has potential to be fair to its citizens because even the prime minister can be overthrown at any time. It’s never easy to get the parliament on the side of one person and this makes it easy to get the parliament to do something that everyone can agree would favour the citizens. I feel it’s easier for many people to represent different interests of the citizens as one person would only end up fulfilling the interest of a minority and can easily be pushed to change interest with just the right amount of force. Imagine trying to bribe half the UK parliament to do your bidding, you would go broke because men are greedy and there are those with values, even getting a majority on your side is not always certain. But then again, this is also a major challenge as there will be a lot of issues left unresolved because the parliament can not reach an agreement. Still, I feel it would be what the citizens need if we can remove the power from the democratic government.

THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE LEARNER'S PROMPT FOR WEEK 181 EPISODE 1