I have written of late of the decline of Democracy ...all across the World and even here in Canada.
This past week an article appeared in the National Post by columnist Tom Blackwell which backs my assertion. His article begins by documenting the perils faced by Rwanda Canadian David Himbara who believes he is being targeted by authorities residing in his country of birth...Rwanda. He fears for his life and Blackwell documents well his concerns. We have heard other accounts of Chinese Canadians too being harassed by their former homeland.
The article goes on to cite a number of of democracies around the world that appear to be crumbling in this time of growing autocracies and left wing politics. He states: the 2,000s were billed as the century of democracy...they have become almost the opposite.
He specifically names several including: Latin America...especially Nicaragua and Venezuela, Europe, Africa, East Asia, Philippines and Hungary. Even with India he finds that it is suppressing freedoms as our own Priest told me not that long ago. He hails from India and told me the number of assaults on Christians by the Hindus has risen dramatically in recent years and the Hindus control the national government. And then you have China stealing the last vestiges of freedom from Hong Kong and is now looking wantonly at Taiwan.
Accordingly the World is becoming quickly less and less free and safe.
Freedom House is quoted as stating that the number of not-free countries is the highest it has been since it started doing its report some 15 years ago and that but 20% of the world's population lives in a free nation.
In regard to this 20% I have said that Democracy is an inch thick and a mile wide...I have revised that of late to a centimeter thick and a kilometer wide.
In short the olde saying if you don't use it you are going to lose it and I fear that that is happening here in the West before our very eyes.
THERE WAS ANOTHER INTERESTING ARTICLE IN THAT VERY SAME EDITION:
Barbara Kay wrote about Electoral Reform being Key to America's Healing.
She points out that from the day Donald Trump was elected President the Democrats pulled out all stops to discredit him.
My words - 4 years earlier and even dear Hilary regularly and often complained that she too was robbed in her election defeat but again that is her and Trump is he and one is treated worse than the other by the Progressive Left.
Kay rightfully points out too that the Insurrection on Capital Hill last January was anything but...there was no chance of America's government falling at the hands of a bunch of keystone cop type Trump followers.
This 'attempted Coup' lasted but hours should be contrasted with the summer of 2020 when Anarchists seized control of Seattle Washington - wrecking havoc and mayhem and not a word of criticism from America's Left.
Today I hear Democrats complain about Donald Trump and his plan to run again for President in 2024 ...they complain bitterly how divisive the guy is...and they are right...but so are they. America has become divided right down the centre - on one side the Right and on the other the Left with very little in the middle for use in compromise.
With 'Demagogues' on both sides claiming voting irregularities Kay sees the place to start to fix things is to establish a 'bipartisan commission on electoral integrity". She believes this will 'de-weaponize regulatory measures that will restore across the board faith in the electoral process'.
Bless the woman's heart ... I do think that he suggestion is most worthwhile but I fear it will not achieve the peace and goodwill between these opposite and divisive two factions.
Good article though...as was the one by Blackwell. Both worth the read.
As I See It...
'K.D. Galagher'
