Oktober 05, 2007 ... The democratic deficit.

In the Athens of approximately 2300 years ago, the consequences of the democratic deficit with regard to majority rule government were well recognised by Socrates who accepted execution, and by Aristotle who preferred exile, for pointing them out. By 2007, as if to put out a fire by throwing petrol on it, the consequences of the democratic deficit have been further exacerbated by way of Human Rights as a substitute for property rights in order to legitimise the concept of equality. But no matter how much bottom-up-government is pursued by local communities or self-organising networks to lessen the impact of top-down-government, some voters are always more equal than others.

The least equal voters are now those who own property or aspire to owning property beyond body and mind. To that extent, every conceivable tax is heaped upon property owners and business executives who must adhere to ‘Stakeholder’ policies or risk jail, criminalization and/or vilification.

Furthermore, in the face of demands from radical Islam, the democratic deficit may become totally unmanageable without having to accept ever more limits on our freedom and prosperity: The right to free expression being a very popular target as the Dutch response to protecting Ayaan Hirsi Ali has so recently demonstrated.

In universities and other centres of learning, the EU is described as a novel political project without defined goals. The following reworking of the accepted definition of democracy may be a goal worth considering so that the democratic deficit and its ability to wreak destruction is hugely limited.

The democratic deficit as of October 05, 2007 and maximum harm:
A democratic state is a specific geographical area governed by an elected authority unlimited in its potential to exercise ultimate power of decision making and the right to demand taxes on behalf of its electorate for the benefit of that electorate without concern for others' property rights.

The democratic deficit at its least harmful:
A democratic state is a specific geographical area governed by an elected authority which has been granted a temporary monopoly in lieu of alternative private means in order to legislate and execute laws, so that the right to life and the right to private property are not prejudiced by the desires and/or actions of others. Furthermore, the right to raise taxes for this purpose is strictly limited in lieu of other methods of voluntary financing.