The political system that Democracy has created has become the ruling power the people can’t free themselves. We are under its thumb and there seems to be no way out. This is why Populism has become prominent.
“Democracy is populism as to the very fact of voting out a leader that the people don’t like was a more peaceful way of having a change of rule without violent and chaotic insurrections, revolutionary revolts or coups. I want to point out, if there is populism then there is something wrong with Democracy. What we have at the moment is no longer Democracy even though we are still acting out the motions, its not really Democracy. If populism is becoming pronounced it is a sign Democracy is no longer aligned with it anymore.”
The problem now, is not voting out a leader or voting in a leader, the problem is the system. How do we get out of a system that creates useless leaders that do really all sound, look and act the same. Democracy has become a cut and paste politics.
It doesn’t matter what party or what politician is put it place, the system will break that leader into becoming apart of the system they are trying to break. The only way to break the system is to find a better system that can over ride the current system and get things done. The old system of politics will die a natural death if a New Politics does what the old politics can’t. It is that simple.
The Woke movement has proven to us that a new way of politics has come about, It has changed policies and procedures in many key institutions. Capturing the Mainstream Media, Law and education. It has managed to override the bureaucratic stagnation of getting things done. However, Woke is not a sustainable or a desirable system for the majority of the Western World including the UK. The way the Woke campaigned for people's compliance and silence, was not by making a political party, or politicians, or going through the voting system, or making any manofestos, no it is via social media. That is were the true vote lies in todays society and where the Elite have influence and popularity.
I have pondered about new politics and how it will work and what does it mean? I have written my own musings about it.
There is very little trust in leaders. The people of the West seemed to tear down their leaders before ever admiring them. There is a very little back bone in the leaders of today. If they dare to show a little firmness the people outrage until the leader is replaced. There is no staying power, as it will just be voted out or forced to resign if it is not popular.
“We need a New Politics and to let go of Democracy. It is not about voting in the best leader that represents the people anymore. It is has become inadequate for modern everyday life. We need to look into doing Politics without politicians and political leaders. In the modern world sometimes we need a left approach and sometimes we need a right approach. We need a Politics that is flexible enough to apply one or the another or both at any given time.”
How do we do politics without the politicians?
“I am not asking to have no system in place but if we don’t find an alternative to Democracy, which is as outdated as Fascism and Communism, there will be no system to fall back no and there will be anarchy. My "politics without politicians or leaders" is not a fully formed concept, but it is better than nothing. I see the biggest political movement that has come out against Woke ideology will be the key to unlock New Politics, which is New Media. I believe they are one and the same. A rising system of candid discussions, wholesome and rigorous debate, fruitful think tanks of advantageous ideas, strong foundational implementation of the best ideas and good useful and guiding policies that will ensure the structural integrity of our values, country and culture. New politics is knocking at our door, and it doesn't need a leader to avoid anarchy.”
I asked ChatGPT if politics could be done without politicians. As I what to look down every avenue, every possibility and every idea to help shape and form this notion I possess. Not that good I am afraid, but I will share none-the-less.
*To do politics without politicians, one could consider a few alternatives such as direct democracy, where citizens vote on laws and policies directly without intermediary representatives. Technological solutions like blockchain could be used to ensure transparency and security in this process.
“What is blockchain?”
*Blockchain is a digital ledger technology where transactions are recorded in a decentralized, secure, and immutable way. It consists of a chain of blocks, each containing a number of transactions. Once a block is added to the chain, the information within it cannot be altered without altering all subsequent blocks, which requires consensus from the network participants. This makes blockchain highly secure and resistant to fraud. Blockchain is famously the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but it also has applications in areas such as supply chain management, voting systems, and contract management.
I am quite sceptical about this suggestion as I am unfamiliar with the concept of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. My gut still lies with New Media and the political movements and podcasts that influences and moves around within it. There is a system evolving and forming from it. Blockchain could very much aid the legitimacy of the peoples support for an idea, solution, law and policy. Making sure there is authentic agreement with the majority of the people before doing what nneeds to be done in a particular issue.
*Another approach is sortition, where decision-makers are randomly selected from the population, similar to jury duty. These methods aim to reduce the influence of career politicians and potentially increase public engagement and trust in the political process.
This to me is a complete no-no. If random people are selected to handle political concerns of the people, it would be worse than what we got now with the insincere politicians who spin for votes. The selected person would not be passionate about the issues placed in their hands to oversee and implement.
I believe a New Politics has arrived we just can’t recognise it even though it is stairing us right in the face. I think it is because most people in the politically homeless relm are looking back wishing it could be the same again instead of trundling on towards the future. Fear and uncertainity of the future most likely play a great roll in the avoidance of future possibilities of an New up-to-date politics
I understand the desire to "do politics without politics" but I don't like the expression, it makes me think of children accusing their parents of bad-speaking about Stalin or Hitler. What I suspect you are after is a new way of living, something that goes way beyond politics, though it can have political repercussions. Politics is a fairly recent way of doing things historically, in the past vast movements swept through humanity such as, say, the crusades, the Reformation, Romanticism, which didn't have parties pushing them -- there were no parties. Woke is, admittedly, one such movement. It is something of an enigma. It has no people behind it, no role models, no heroes and even no positive desires! It has managed to gain the high moral ground simply by making life difficult for other people and at no cost to its proponents. This is strange, very strange. A cultural movement usually has someone with a definite set of beliefs, a moral compass and, most important, someone who dies for the cause. Byron didn't need to go to fight for Greek independence but he did so and died (actually of cholera not in battle), Martin Luther King was shot, Gandhi likewise. These people and their tragic ends projected the movements. But Woke nothing. A movement is born when enough people decide to live in a radically different way and are prepared to go to the bitter end if necessary. But what is the way of life that you, or 'we', want to inaugurate?