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Kyi Suu San Aung. "The Quest of Democracy." Reading The World: Ideas That Matter, edited by Michael Austin, Third edition, Norton, 2015, pp 442-448. In The Quest of Democracy, Kyi argues that human rights is what democracy is and that democracy was always in Buddhist traditions. Once democracy became known in Burma, people got interested to know what democracy more in depth. It got people wanting to learn about modern politics and the nature of democracy. The idea of democracy was getting a good response due to a guarantee for privileges and freedom. However, it was also being questioned because how can they be sure that the system will always work. The burmese people became knowledgeable through Buddha. They had gone undergone through many …show more content…
What I got from this quote was that a leader has to be selfless so he can make good decisions for the nation. I feel that's true, a leader should always put the nation first. Another quote I liked was, “In the matter of love, to make no distinction between citizen and son, to give equally of loving kindness, that is the righteousness of kings” (Kyi 447). What I got from this quote was that a king can’t be bias and that all his children and subjects should be treated …show more content…
It starts with remembering events where human rights were violated. Many people went missing while they in police detention. The stories would be that the people would commit suicide, which the black community did not believe. Steve Biko, who was the founder of black conscious movement, was said to have banged his head on the wall. They drove him to Pretoria when he was already near an emergency treatment and naked to make the matters worse. When people questioned it, it was completely ignored by the officers. The judicial system was corrupted and was unfair to the black community. The Nuremberg trial wasn’t helpful, it caused lost of being that could have gone to education and housing, evidence never survived, and cabinet minister and commissioner of police would lie. With Tutu being in the chair of commision, the people now tell their stories and not be afraid. In Nuremberg or National Amnesia, A quote that caught my attention was, “Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat the past” (Tutu 457). I feel the quote means that by forgetting the past you also forget the lessons you learned with that experience, which will cause you to repeat it without the knowledge you learned
This bold sentence serves as an attention grabber as it challenges a common dogma once stated by John Dalberg, “ Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” By making this brief but, powerful statement, Aung Sang Suu Kyi surprises her audience by blaming them for the corruption of the government making her audience more keen to understand her point of view. Aung Sang Suu Kyi then directs her words towards her Burmese people as she alludes to specific words such as “ Chanda- gati”, “Dosa-gati”, “Bhaya-gati” and “ Chanda-gati” (Kyi, 1) to explain the corruption of her land in the words of her people. This builds ethos as she can connect to her people and clearly explain how “chanda-gati” or the corruption built by fear is the most dangerous form of corruption. She can then further explain how the only way to root out the corruption of the Burmese Army and gain freedom is to first eradicate the people's fear of the government and instill confidence in the basic human rights of the Burmese
“A leader must be willing to sacrifice likeability in order to make decisions that are for the good of the people.” This is entirely true. When someone is a leader, their job is to watch out for the people and make the right decisions. Not every decision will be favored, but it’s most likely the best. A leader will understand that.
In the first four chapters, he explains the currents in modern African-America thought. In chapter one he tells us stories of victimology. The second chap...
American Democracy was rooted by “the Framers” through the Constitution. The Constitution set forth key functions that are practiced till this day by the American Government . The Framer created these function in government as a mechanism that is for and by the people . The debate as to whether American Democracy is either failing or succeeding has been a worldwide discussion amongst the people of America. My position in this question is that American Democracy is Broken. The reason I believe this is because regardless of if we vote for congressman, senators, and or presidents our vote would be based on the information given to us by the media and promises these elected officials feed us; and at any point they can change direction of enacting certain public policy’s. In both Viewpoints articles “The American Democracy is Broken” written by, Eric Alterman and “American Democracy is not Broken” written by T.A. Barnhart; each author expressed valid points for their position. The strong points in my opinion for each article are as followed:
Re-reading the bulk of my work in the course of a spring and summer, one theme came to predominate-it was apparent that most of my writing was about America. How much I loved our country-that was evident-and how much I didn't love it at all!
The united states is a democratic nation that chose to be governed by those who reside on its soil rather than royalty across the ocean in 1776. The framework for how the country would be ran was established in the constitution which was created without the use of democracy since none of the founders were elected. “The “committee of five” included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson who were all firmly in the revolutionary camp. The committee also included Roger Sherman, who had some doubts but still backed the independence movement and Robert R. Livingston” (Braunwarth Chp2.4.2). These revolutionaries created the set of rules that they thought would lead to a democracy which poses the question; Can a country that states that
America, at its founding, was radically democratic relative to the time period, but was still far from being a true democracy. In 1776, as the Declaration of Independence was signed, there were many restrictions on voting: only white, property owning, males had the right to vote. This leaves out all women, all Natives, all African Americans, and all men who were not rich; all of those groups made up a large percent of the population. The founding fathers of the United States also didn’t fully believe in the people’s ability to vote intelligently. John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that women were too consumed in childcare and were too delicate to be trusted with the power of voting. He also said to James Sullivan, another politician, that if voting were to be more widespread, that it would be dangerous because it could, “confound and destroy all distinctions, prostrate all ranks…” (John Adams 1776).
A memorable expression said by President Abraham Lincoln reads, “Democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people”. Democracy, is a derived from the Greek term "demos" which means people. It is a successful, system of government that vests power to the public or majority. Adopted by the United States in 1776, a democratic government has six basic characteristics: (i) established/elected sovereignty (where power and civic responsibility are exercised either directly by the public or their freely agreed elected representative(s)), (ii) majority rule(vs minority), (iii) (protects one’s own and reside with) human rights, (iv) regular free and fair elections to citizens (upon a certain age), (v) responsibility of
1. Thesis: Nelson Mandela’s courage brought justice to his country and greatly improved South Africa overall.
Xiaobo, L., (2011), ‘Two Essays on China’s Quest for Democracy’ Journal of Democracy, 22(1): 154-166.
...lization, democracy remains an elusive dream for many societies in the world. The theory, in my view, remains relevant even today as many societies struggle to move towards democratic transition. The dictatorial nature of certain regimes in the world has their critics: Both domestic and international. All the same, as stated above, economic development has not facilitated democracy in many countries of the world. Yet, paradoxically, there are instances where the transition has been witnessed. Nonetheless, as to how sustainable those fragile democracies are after the changes is something to be seen. Be that as it may, the democratic transition has not always been smooth. Thus so long as transition from dictatorship to democracy, and essentially democratic transition, continues, the theory will have its relevance and potency despite the criticisms that it has faced.
In my view most important character of a good leader is that they must be compassionate. Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can?t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them. No matter what credential they have and how much experience they have in administration but without being compassionate they can't ever become a responsible and successful leader. For example Hitler is known for his cruelty and he had no feelings for his own race. He failed to understand the feelings of Jews and thus persecuted them. He also failed to know the fact that the strength of his country lies in them, while opposite is Mahatma Gandhi, a major political and spiritual leader of India, followed nonviolent actions, avoiding any bloodshed in the country during their struggle for Independence. Because of his compassionate nature many leaders in today's world has looked him upon. So leader must be compassionate first without being influence by any ulterior motive.
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is a famous quote by George Santayana. Although the r...
Forgetting has a negative image, like erosion. Memory does not always make one happy. There can be traumatic memories as well. For example: there is a debate among researchers how to recover people from the trauma of Holocaust, nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Vietnam war, various massacres, crimes committed in the past etc. These deals with the past involving power and exclusion and sometimes they extend to such limit that they are beyond the reach of human reason. It is therefore, important to find equilibrium to fight the past and attempt to forget. We have talked about collective memory above and it is important to note that collectivity includes a dialogue in which individuals take part in it. As we discussed earlier that we cannot go back to the past but in order to understand it in a better way the nature of dialogue has to be considered. Memories can be in dialogical form because of ontological properties of telling the truth. Memories are created and formed by individuals who interact with each other. For instance two people might have different reasons for one cause. As halbwach will call to be an individual who is not alone and the people will make distinction with the help of history and memory. While Pierre Nora would say that there are different ways of looking at the past where time plays an important part and we involve activities like celebrations etc in the society we live in and archive it in the modern society. It is not easy to archive and store memory. There are ongoing political struggles in relation to preservation of data which dates back to period of domination and violence of human beings. For example: victims of totalitarian government wanted to preserve their memory as the event was forgotten in
Democracy today is alive in Europe and other parts of the country. However, democracy is still a hope; an organization under construction, a challenge. A mixture of old and new countries used to be under the oppression of communism but is now at the heart of the democratic experience. Democracy has manifested into the other parts such as South-East Asian countries where authoritarian has been removed. Democracy mobilizes political freedom and generates levels of prosperity and production.