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"Democracy" of the West taken to the extreme.
The "free world" under the influence of the west has been following the western concept of "democracy", "freedom" and "human rights" (DFHR) for decades citing the "right to cast vote" for a government as the "ultimate right" of every individual. However, in many cases and countries, it seems more like the right to cast lots and hoping for the best outcome. The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln introduced a famous quote which says a government should be "of the people, by the people and for the people". While this sounds great and fantastic, this concept neglects to consider that among the people there are also rapists, muderers, sexual perverts, robbers, arsonists, and other criminals in general. It is common to find that victims of crimes (even heinous ones) do not often see justice carried out because of the emphasis on the rights of criminals. Not only is DFHR defective in the sphere of justice, it is also problematic in governance. Let's zoom in to China's territory, Hong Kong. In the past many weeks, Hong Kong has been terrorised by pro-democracy rioters who started with anti-Extradition Bill. The reason for the protest is that political opponents of the government could be "unreasonably" repatriated to mainland China. Although the Bill was ammended to exclude political refugee in the Bill, it was not enough for the pro-democracy camp. It started off as peaceful but at the end of the day, when police started to remind them the time period of protest is over, there was a mayhem created by the protesters and police reacted to stop it. The western media started to get to work and quickly reported it as "police brutality" while disregarding the instigation and violence of the protesters. It was only later, when videos of the violence started to surface that the western media reluctantly mention "violence" by the protesters but leaving the "brutality" out. It is obvious that the western media is on the protesters' side. But why? It is in the name of DFHR. If DFHR is a perfect concept for governance, it should be supported but is it really so? The events that follow do not seem to indicate this. Seeing that the protesters are still not satisfied with the ammendments of the Bill, the governer, Lam, invited them for a meeting to resolve all outstanding grievances that they may have but they rejected it. If the pro-democracy camp is truly sincere and concerned about the Bill, they should have met with Lam. Their rejection shows they have an ulterior motive and the Bill was just an excuse and a stepping stone to get what they truly want, which is independence for Hong Kong. The violence and protest is still going on in the name of DFHR. They are allowed to go on with this undeterred because Hong Kong is modelled after the DFHR concept of governance under the "One country Two Systems" agreement between China and the UK after the handover in 1997. Considering the past weeks of violence and unreasonable demands of the pro-democracy camp, it seems to show that the concept of DFHR can only produce chaos, division, and anarchy if taken to the extreme. That is what happens in Hong Kong.
Tyrannical Democracy
What the US is doing all along is to contain China's rise and economic prosperity. Many excuses are given for doing so such as "stealing technology", "IP infringement", "unfair trade practices"...etc. Not satisfied at that, covert operations are being done in China's territory to create tension within the local population with the intention of overthrowing the government. So far, China has stood firm and solid where many other countries have unfortunately succumbed--such as Venezuela now, or earlier, such as Sri Lanka, or Maldives, and many more in the past. The common excuse is "human rights violation", "no freedom", or "no democracy". It is always the US which insists whether a country is "truly democratic" or "truly free", all subject to US' interpretation. The case of "WMD in Iraq" is a good example of such interpretation. There was no WMD found in Iraq but since the US says there is, IT HAS TO BE SO!!! The reality is there was none. The champion of "democracy" is actually a tyrant but no country in the world dares to stand up to it because it wields "a big stick". That big stick in the hand of a tyrant is what causes every country to keep quiet and obey. This is similar to a bully going around telling everybody to obey or else.... Now, the US can't be seen like a big bully so the western media comes into play. The role of the western media is to make sure the US looks good and proper. Since the US isn't really good and proper, the media has to lie and present half-truths and misleading data to deceive the public and the world. The western media has been honing this skill for many decades and is very good at this. The modus operandi of the western media is to attack first by churning out lies and misinformation swiftly and fiercely so that those they victimise will have a harder time, or no time, to defend against the false accusations and lies. It seems to be working, unfortunately. The vision of the US is a global order in which every country is subordinated to it. Subordinates should only play supporting role and obey instantly at the hint of a command and should never rise up above the US. Any country that comes up like a sore thumb to the US gets hacked off mercilessly. That is why developing countries can only remain as developing countries so that the developed countries can exploit them for resources and manpower cheaply. Will this “global order” continue unabated? The answer lies in each and everyone’s conscience and the will to change.
