True Democracy

After listening to LLA lectures and watching The Corporation, I have come to realize that the developed countries are not democratic at all. In fact, they are simply less extreme, disillusioning the public that they are fortunate to live in a "free" society. However, we are controlled by the corporations, and manipulated by them throughout our lives.

The corporations are obviously unjust, for they do not seem to take responsibility or any sort of action for the toxic chemicals released into the world, but they are also immoral, as they work to manipulate the citizens. The corporations are the main supporters of government senates, meaning the corporations are bound to have an advantage against an average citizen. Furthermore, they sponsor the mainstream media, meaning that even if the public had something critical to say either about the government or the corporations, it would not air, leaving the public clueless of the truth.

The control the corporations have over the decisions the government makes, and what the mainstream media makes public, ultimately deprives a citizens rights to acknowledge what is truly happening. Nothing about the world today seems democratic at all. We are obviously lucky to be living in a time and area that allows free speech, and equal human rights, however it cannot be denied that it the developed countries are not a true democratic society.

It is true that maintaining a structure in which the public all have an equal saying, would be difficult seeing as though there are too many people in one society. A possibility would be to start small, for example, a town council could be more public and open, allowing the people living there to vote for every new system. The current system in which the representatives govern every detail aside from the election itself, deprives the rest of the "average" people's freedom and the decisions they should be making for themselves.

A society in which the public all got a chance to decide what happens in a society, without the manipulation of elites and rich corporations is an ideal image, which seems unrealistic for now. Despite what the CEOs of the corporations or what the senates say, not much has changed. As sad as it is, everyone works for their benefits and profits alone. In a greedy and selfish society like today, nobody is free.