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History has shown us repeatedly that concentration of power and resources is the root of all evil. Let the world be a collection of thousands of small states wi
by varunkho 13y ago
History has shown us repeatedly that concentration of power and resources is the root of all evil. Let the world be a collection of thousands of small states with maximum autonomy to each to govern itself. We used to have this exact configuration in past but that resulted in frequent battles between states. That was again an attempt to grow big and concentrate power. Part of the reason was that the arangement was not created rather it grew out of the natural evolution.
So as we re-create such an arangement, we can take measures like creating loose federations of multiple levels with UN-like institution at each level. With autonomous small states, the true democracy can be realized quite easily.
However, this decentralization has to be done not only for government but also for economy, because concentration of power by any means – be it money or military will ultimately force concentration of other powers.
"My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest… No country in the world today shows any but patronizing regard for the weak… Western democracy, as it functions today, is diluted fascism… True democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the center. It has to be worked from below, by the people of every village." - MK. Gandhi