Comments by "" (@kallachi729) on "Fallacy of too much democracy: No economic freedoms can thrive without political freedoms" video.

  1. SG has rightly said at the beginning of his piece that a spoken word, like all else, is a matter of interpretation and perception. A balanced analysis. But is there something more to democracy than perception? For instance, constitutional rights will have a different appeal for me, a professional soldier, from SG, a professional political journalist. Also, language, even one’s own mother tongue, is a fascinating medium of communication for anybody. The same expression will convey differently at different times depending on, among many factors, the context, intention and tone. In these times, I see that most people listen only to what one wants to hear. When even in our hallowed Parliament it has been eons since we have had a meaningful democratic discussion on matters of National importance. In the media we can discern line of arguments just by knowing the author or commentator. Too much democracy or too little? Here are two examples. 1. In the USA schools do no mandate uniform unlike some school in India and the UK. 2. Unlike in the USA Indian parliament does not allow for conscience vote (they wield the Whip), so an elected member’s “freedom” ends there. It is for each one of us to discern where we should draw the line, to decide how much of democracy is not too much. There is a view that India is not progressing as it is a laggard democracy. May be democracy also does not mean that a Nation can never speak in one voice. In the circumstance to earn and spend as one entity is a far cry, though not impossible. Tail piece: Are hartals and protests which violate the freedom of millions of citizens by disrupting / destroying public conveniences, par for the course in a democracy? There has to be a limit to everything. There is an old saying in Malayalam – translated, “Too much of Amrit is poison”.
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