April 12 , 2008... Human Rights and democracy: The west's new export industry. In the west, a guarantee of equality and to live free from violence are the two key attributes popularly associated with Human Rights and democracy. Unfortunately, as with any other idea which has been invented by government and totally depends upon government for its success, it is doomed to failure as an idea, and doomed to fail because it can only lead inexorably towards social unrest and war. This is simply because there is no such thing as equality, equality has to be earned as if it were property, and democracy is fundamentally flawed by the fact that it is founded upon the principle of expropriating property from some, to give to others, in order to satisfy election promises, which cannot be kept. This being so, it is vital that democracy is limited to peacefully establishing a government which is responsible for securing fundamental rights, rights which are not inventions of government: The right to life. The right to property. When the insurgents in Tibet denied Han Chinese and Tibetans their lives and destroyed their property it was essential that the Chinese government intervened to uphold the law as best as was possible. And this was the proper thing to do. If it can do so without recourse to a violent crackdown, so much the better. Perhaps the training allegedly provided by Germany's policing and security specialists will help develop this capability.  An additional and sinister aspect of Human Rights is that their cost is enslaving the citizens of all western democracies by forcing them to sacrifice their property. Such demands are limitless and usually paid for by a never ending call for new forms of taxation on property. The most recent taxes are the introduction of environmental taxes as they relate to so-called greenhouse gases, etc., and carbon credits. There are many others, but these two examples are the most prominent in the media. The introduction of Human Rights into China by the west is seen by the west as a vital step in the push to have Human Rights unquestioningly accepted all over the world. This would reduce everyone under democratic government to a life little better than the life than Tibet's feudal serfs once endured. Furthermore, it would severely hamper the Chinese economy and quality of life and future prosperity for all Chinese, many of whom already are classified as living below the poverty line. These are the essential reasons for the Chinese government to steadfastly resist the introduction of Human Rights into China, and be extremely careful about the scope of democracy. And these are the essential reasons for the Chinese people to also resist the introduction of Human Rights and unlimited democracy into China. For a good example of what can go wrong, we only have to look at the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that are bankrupting the west. Such wars could not have come about if American politicians in Congress and the Senate had adhered to the constitutional principles laid down by the 'Founding Fathers'---who had, in principle, foreseen the catastrophic consequences of such foreign adventures---when they were casting their votes. In China, at present, wiser heads such as China's chief banking regulator Liu Mingkang prevail. Hopefully their voices can be more loudly heard in the west, above the howl of rhetoric about Human Rights and democracy.
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