Agreeing with the fault of democracy
I deeply thought about Mr. Mahboob's point about the flaw of democracy. After giving a serious thought I had to agree with him on 'I don't blame Hasina or Khaleda, I blame Democracy.' All these times we have been blaming a particular person -- only Bush, Blair, Hasina, Khaleda, Sharon etc. but never have we thought that there might be a fault with the system. Now I realise that what are we actually doing. We believe that sovereignty belongs to us as we can choose our leaders and so is our own fate. But in reality we are only choosing our leader and not our fate. We elect the 300 members and send them to the parliament with absolute power, from then on we have no power whatsoever to influence their decisions.
That's what happening to every country right now. The people of US and Britain didn't want the war but it happened, now they want their soldiers back but it isn't happening. Israelis are against the demolition of Palestinians' home, but again their demand is not being fulfilled. Same is the case with us. Everyday there are lots of demonstrations, human chains, rallies etc against some of the government plans but in vain.
We are also being deceived by the idea that we can change our leaders every five years so actually sovereignty is ours. We are only changing our oppressors and not our fate. I hope the readers will seriously ponder about my argument. Then with more views we may come up with an alternative.
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