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" PHILOSOPHY OF DEMOCRACY " SELFIE.
Oh, Democracy,*
You, the most desirable bride among
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout
History
In every part of the world, you were the one
They were after
But
You declined their proposals, despite the fact
All suitors, to charm you, they have tried,
With great honors and by putting your name
Next to theirs, to allure you to sanctify their
Biased politics
Thus
The oligarchs
The Despots
The Tyrants
The dictators
The totalitarians and
Many more
All
Have declared themselves to be:
Your fervent admirers,
Your ardent devotees,
Your fierce protectors,
Of your eternal principles
By
Wrapping themselves in your
Heavenly gown and calling themselves your
Beloved ones
But you, unyielding remained
For
You knew, that no one has succeeded in measuring up
To the ideals, your wise father, SOLON,** has set
And to the glorious values with which he
Nurtured you, those superb principles:
Of Virtue
Of justice
Of ethics
Of freedom
Of equality
Of autonomy
Of self-knowledge
Of responsibility
Of selfishness
And
Of the paramount devotion to
The common good and the happiness
Of the people you serve!
It is for that reason, you, oh Democracy,
Seldom have shown any favoritism to any of
Your suitors, for all, fell short of
Your lofty aspirations
Thus
You were, unfortunately, during a very lengthy
Period of time mistreated, neglected, subjugated and
Exploited by your pretenders:
The immoral
The unjust
The dishonorable
The Ignorant
The power-thirsty
The warmongers
The money seekers,
Who
Chose to ignore all that you stood for and
Disregarded the common good and
The happiness of the people they supposed to serve
For
To promote their own interest and those of
Their cronies
Thus
Ruining the chances of any truly democratic society to
Be established
For that reason, oh Democracy, I understand you now
Why a spinster, you, have chosen to
Remain!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
07 January 2021
WATCHING ALL NIGHT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON USA I EDITED AND REPOST THIS POEM OF 16 OCTOBER 2014!
* Democracy is the combination of two words: Demos and Cratos. Demos means the People and Cratos means Power so Democracy means “ Power to the People.” It will be helpful to read my poem “ THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY” for a better understanding.
**The concept of Democracy is deeply rooted in the Greek Psyche! We see it in the Mythology where Zeus, the supreme God, is just “first among equals” Then appears in Homer’s poems but the father of Democracy is asserted to be Solon, the Athenian who was one of the seven wise men of old. Solon, 7th –6th centuries B.C. was the theoretician that established Democracy. Solon considered the pillars of Democracy to be Justice and Virtue. So every politician should be Just and virtuous and his main objective would be to safeguard the well-being and happiness of the people and that of the state plus the wealth to be distributed justly among the citizens.
Knowledge, responsibility, self-control, self-knowledge, sacrifice, and equality, had to be characteristics of every citizen. Plato said that “Virtue is worth as much as all gold that is possessed by all people put together and all gold that is still in the ground.” Aristotle added to that: “ Every politician has to be forged on the anvil of virtue.”
Copyright © Demetrios Trifiatis | Year Posted 2021
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