Democracies sans Responsibility (2)

Democracies, are  flawed  world over,  because of several  reasons:

First and the foremost, is the primacy of  Quantity (numbers) over Quality.  It is true, every human being should have equal  rights, facilities and preferences. But  rights must come with  Gyan to make a wise judgement, to distinguish  between Salt and Sugar, between Friend and Foe.

In most democracies, Voters are just Numbers,  so the Leaders are also elected not for Skills or qualifications but  by the sheer ‘Numbers’ they  collect.  Such democracies fail to  deliver and ultimate sufferers are  the Voters (nay Numbers),  who  elected wrong, inefficient leaders. Such democracies are  India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and many more,  who  conduct elections periodically, but send least qualified leaders, Family members or manipulators again and again! The Voters should be educated and well informed about their  candidates, their Choices.  Do we send qualified, efficient leaders, elected on Merit  to administer or  perform ? No.

Did our Freedom Fighters sacrifice their lives for such  non-functional Democracies ?

Second reason for failure of a Democracy to Deliver, is the absence of  Responsibility.   The leaders must be held responsible, answerable to Perform, or resign or be Re-called !  The Electors  must have the option  to reject or recall their leaders; MLAs, MPs and Ministers every year. The Citizens should also be aware of their Responsibilities before they demand Quality life ! Examples of such responsible Citizens are Japanese, Israelis, Germans etc. They consider their Duty first and Demands later !

Third Flaw in most Democracies, is the Mismanagement of Resources ! Countries like India, Koreas, Brazil, Pakistan  etc. have plenty of resources, but most Governments  have failed to utilize these  for Optimum use. Corruption, pilferage and scarce  application of technology, research are rampant, resulting into failures of democracies !

Fourth flaw in most democracies, is  too much dependence on Bureaucracy. Most leaders, ministers get their positions by  ‘managing’ their Numbers alias Voters and are least qualified to administer or deliver governance! They are not much aware of Laws and Procedures. So they are Guided or Mis-guided by Bureaucrats, in their flawed decisions. …And their first target is to recover the funds used in luring voters and collect for the next and future elections.  They also crave for  lucrative ministry portfolios and mint money over their tenure in the Ministry or  Legislative terms. That is why, most of them fail to recognize their Electors after 5 years, and vice versa !

Last  reason for most failed  democracies, is the  ‘Chalta Hai’  syndrome. The Administrations fail to fix targets of development.  Even if they fix targets, these are only for public consumption, forgotten earlier than announced. No proper planning, no logical monitoring and no end delivery ! Voters too fail to demand, monitor or punish them for non-delivery.

So, where are  the Responsible  Democracies ?

Are  All Democracies of Europe and America  Responsible… and Delivering?

                                                                                                                                (………..  to be  continued !)