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Today at 07:34:44 AM
#26
The major cause of modern crisis are the individual choices people have been making along history's course. Democracy allows people to choose their leaders, so if these leaders aren't performing as desired, why are people still voting and supporting them?

I'm not discounting the power of an individual to defy the odds and achieve great success. But it would be unfair to blame them for failing. The hindrances and obstacles toward success are insurmountable, and these are usually systematic and structural. Rather than putting all the blame to the individual, it's the leaders, the state, institutions, the socio-economic structure, and so on should that should be held accountable.

In the first place, are the individuals actually given a choice? Or is the democratic process merely giving them evil and lesser evil as options?
I refuse to follow this logic, because if I did, I would have to accept the fact I don't have any autenticity or free will at all, since it's all about a gray undefined body called system which decides everything for me.

This system is composed by people like us, who somehow managed to accumulate power, using their skills and cognitive abilities to manipulate and take advantage from average citizens of society.

They are constantly trying to make us to believe we have no choices, besides playing their game. The fact you are persuaded to always choose the lesser evil is an evidence of that. However, you don't have to. You always have the possibility and potential to find gaps on this system imposed to you in order to thrive and develop yourself, despite obstacles and sabotages.

The difficult level involved in not playing the system's game may be high, but it's not impossible, and I guess the purpose of life is to not give up to them. Key point I've found is to be less dependant as possible on mainstream groups, while becoming more autonomous and self-reliable on yourself.
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Today at 06:38:25 AM
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The major cause of modern crisis are the individual choices people have been making along history's course. Democracy allows people to choose their leaders, so if these leaders aren't performing as desired, why are people still voting and supporting them?

You can take any countries as example. People are constantly complaining about economical and social crisis, but at same time they defend politicians with enthusiasm, they idolize politicians.

Of course nothing will ever be fixed this way, because politicians feel safe to put in practice measures to benefit themselves, while neglecting the demands and needs of the population. There aren't negative consequences for them, so why would they change their actions?
How can the people choose their leaders when after voting the whole electoral process will be rigged and another leader will be chosen? The system has been fully manipulated. When the people vote those in power goes back inside and remove all the vote inserting their own vote. In my country last election i participated in voting. And these time i decided to keep record of all the votes in my local area and most importantly in my polling unit. When the result came out it was a whole different thing. The other candidate who have the least vote in local area was given the highest vote and he is our current president now.
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Today at 06:28:22 AM
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Political instability could be a major reason for modern day slavery. Seeing those people who have been victims of human trafficking, or even forced labor, that only proves that there is nothing good brought into the community about this political instability. And worst is, while the big names in the government are gaining a lot of benefits from it, those poor individuals have even push into extreme poverty. This leads to economic instability, where rich people becomes richer, while the poor ones end up the poorest of them all.
The political issue is everywhere to the world. That's why the financial situation is not stable everywhere. Even we have seen war in many countries. That's why everything is unstable. The inflammation is happen to the finance. All small entrepreneur losses his business and couldn’t control the financial crisis. The economy become collapse for that political and international issus. As you said as a result we have seen poor people become more poor and all of the issues pushes us to do the modern slavery. It couldn’t become stopped where whole world facing these issues and developing countries are fail to keep the situation. These counties people are surviving and they are being forced to the modern slavery.
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Today at 06:00:08 AM
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Political instability is the major cause of current economic hardship. The government is stabbing us while hugging us. Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?

Democracy is a system of government and not an economic policy. Some countries are not operating democratic systems but the economy of the country is managed to benefit the entire citizens. While there are others which have democracy in place but are still going through severe economic problems.

The problem with most democracies in the developing world is that there is no separation of powers. The executive arm of government has successfully taken control of both the judiciary and legislatures. This will make the president to be powerful and not under the check of any institution. When these politicians are not held accountable to any institution, they end up looting the resources of the country.

For me, the problem is not the system of government but the sincerity and integrity of the political class. Any country that is ruled by corrupt politicians will not be prosperous regardless of the type of government they operate.

As citizens, we have to look for diverse legal means to survive because these greedy politicians don't care about the well-being of the people.
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Today at 12:06:05 AM
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Democracy, which is supposed to be government of the people, for the people, and by the people, is now the new way for modern slavery. The government of my country, under the pretense of democracy, are taking citizens through hell. The situation we are in is a situation of smiling in pain.
the issue is that the said democracy which is supposed to be "government of the people by the people and for the people is not practiced in most part of the world and this is where we start to get it all wrong. When we allow ourselves to become instruments of electoral malpractice that helps to rig the election and then a leader that doesn't have the people at heart eventually win and leads, he's going to turn the citizens into slaves.

How can we be in a modern society where someone will prio to an election tells the citizens that it is his turn to become the president even though he is extremely old. He will buy votes and literally buy his way into office and you want to tell me he wouldn't enslave the people who happily collected money from him before voting him? From the day we agree to vote a wrong candidate because of the penny that comes with it and not the track record is the day We allowed ourselves to be enslaved by the said person untill his tenure expires.
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November 04, 2024, 10:51:11 PM
#21
While many blame political instability for the economic crisis, I think we must also give due consideration to the role played by inflation and high interest rates. In 2024 alone, from Europe to Asia and the US, economies all over the world have seen inflationary pressures, many continue to have an impact on everyday costs, so people feel the pinch everywhere.

The other side of this frustration is that even against some dire economic projections, evidence that consumer sentiment was rebounding suggested that, with some analysts projecting its stabilization in the months ahead, these were not just problems of failed governance but part of larger global changes-altered trade policies and fears of economic downturns.
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November 04, 2024, 10:04:16 PM
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The major cause of modern crisis are the individual choices people have been making along history's course. Democracy allows people to choose their leaders, so if these leaders aren't performing as desired, why are people still voting and supporting them?

I'm not discounting the power of an individual to defy the odds and achieve great success. But it would be unfair to blame them for failing. The hindrances and obstacles toward success are insurmountable, and these are usually systematic and structural. Rather than putting all the blame to the individual, it's the leaders, the state, institutions, the socio-economic structure, and so on should that should be held accountable.

In the first place, are the individuals actually given a choice? Or is the democratic process merely giving them evil and lesser evil as options?
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November 04, 2024, 08:21:50 PM
#19
People start looking for side incomes, working three jobs at once, trying to make ends meet, always on the go to work, neglecting their health and neglecting their emotions. A lot of people are even emotionally unstable, but they can't talk about it because that's not what's on the ground. You have a family to feed, you have responsibilities to take care of.

Political instability is the major cause of current economic hardship. The government is stabbing us while hugging us. Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?

There are many factors that may occur today so that it affects the economy which is increasingly difficult despite the easiest path that can be blamed for political incompetence.
Most people have to work more than 12 to make additional money in meeting the needs of living with family and unfortunately even though they have worked with more hours of money are also insufficient because of the problem of rising goods that are not controlled.

Power that begins with fraud will give birth to leaders who are not just so that when they lead the people in it it is even worse.
Employment is increasingly out of control and work wages given are under the standard of eligibility but because they do not have the choice of the community must continue to work even though the salary is not appropriate.
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November 04, 2024, 07:51:28 PM
#18
The reality is that democracy is a system that has a very short lifespan, and this is because even if at some point a country and it citizens allowed a democracy to flourish, once an individual gains power, it is completely natural that individual will want to retain that power for themselves and others like him, so cheating the elections or at least to influence them on their favor is very common, and before you realize it the democratic process is still supposedly in place, but the democracy itself has died and only a small group of people control the country from that point on.
Yes, there is always a small group on the top manipulating and controlling the masses. It's a phenomenon which goes beyond ideologies, since leaders from every spectres adopt this stance once they reach power. And individuals who simply try to open the eyes of the masses to this fact are persecuted, defamed, isolated from society and mocked by the masses who they are trying to wake up. It's a lost battle after all. It's frustrating.

That is why it's important that each of us live our own lives, forgetting about collective causes which are doomed to failure. In history, some idealist people died for others in vain. Truth is that they could have lived their own lives pursuing happiness side by side with loyal individuals who really loved and cared for them. Instead, they decided to pursue unhappiness for those who couldn't care less for them.
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November 04, 2024, 06:48:38 PM
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Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?
Well at first this thread should have been in the politics and society section but nevertheless I think majority of the problem comes from our leaders while the rest comes from each citizens. Sometimes I often say that government help is limited to the society, they do what pleases them wether it is good or not and nobody can question them, because they have power. So as the case may be I can encourage every youth to be hardworking and don't be depending on government providing opportunities for you otherwise you will be poor. Most people who graduated from schools today don't have skill but hope that after graduating from high school they will have a well paid job from government, not knowing government only have limited job and have few people occupying it. So most people who came back from higher institutions hoping on government work got disappointed. because they failed themselves by hoping on government. so the earlier we start removing the mentality of government helping us the better for Us because government can not favour everybody wether in job creation , infrastructure and development, skill training and more . We should also be in position to creat job opportunities for others.
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November 04, 2024, 05:30:19 PM
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The situation is also bad in my country, and it has nothing to do with political instability, it is more about government spending taxpayers money on themselves and for their comfort, rather than using it for infrastructure and nation building. Our government over here is raising taxes, but yet taxpayers cannot see the products of the taxes they are paying.

That being said, people work everywhere in the world, that is not a problem, what is a problem in my country is how the government cannot provide the basic things that makes life better, nor make any progress economically.
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November 04, 2024, 05:18:28 PM
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Democracy, which is supposed to be government of the people, for the people, and by the people, is now the new way for modern slavery. The government of my country, under the pretense of democracy, are taking citizens through hell. The situation we are in is a situation of smiling in pain.
Slavery is a word in find too difficult to use in qualifying some of the situations about our world and society today but, it’s almost evident in certain situations such as stipulated in OP.

Some nations have been blinded by the idea of democracy to the point that, democratic processes are not even followed in the electoral processes but instead, you find a very corrupted method to conducting of elections and this proceeds into the mood by which the people are govern where, the citizens are undermined in decision making and taking.

It’s evidently the reality in many societies today but still, slavery isn’t the word to qualify it.
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November 04, 2024, 04:45:46 PM
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The major cause of modern crisis are the individual choices people have been making along history's course. Democracy allows people to choose their leaders, so if these leaders aren't performing as desired, why are people still voting and supporting them?

You can take any countries as example. People are constantly complaining about economical and social crisis, but at same time they defend politicians with enthusiasm, they idolize politicians.

Of course nothing will ever be fixed this way, because politicians feel safe to put in practice measures to benefit themselves, while neglecting the demands and needs of the population. There aren't negative consequences for them, so why would they change their actions?
The reality is that democracy is a system that has a very short lifespan, and this is because even if at some point a country and it citizens allowed a democracy to flourish, once an individual gains power, it is completely natural that individual will want to retain that power for themselves and others like him, so cheating the elections or at least to influence them on their favor is very common, and before you realize it the democratic process is still supposedly in place, but the democracy itself has died and only a small group of people control the country from that point on.
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November 04, 2024, 04:31:13 PM
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Highly doubt its Democracy itself that's the problem. It's the people sitting in the positions of power that are a problem. Even if you say power is in the people, if the majority are swayed either by money or popularity, then there's no power there really.

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Election is just a means for them to showcase that they "care". After that you ain't going to hear jack for the vast majority of them. Not even that, there are already problems with the way they're accepting candidates for the government here. It's more of a popularity contest than competence!
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November 04, 2024, 03:16:54 PM
#12
We need to stop expecting help from the government. In fact, we need smaller and less powerful governments as most governments are just wasting money on unnecessary projects. Governments are inefficient as they are making their budgets from the money which they collect from the taxpayers. They don’t bust their asses to earn that money. Someone else earns it and the government collects it from those people.

Watch Elon Musk, he also wants the same thing in America and that’s why he will be in charge of D.O.G.E. (department of government efficiency) once Trump gets into the office. He notices that the current government in the US is doing more bad than good, wasting money on stupid shit like gender transition surgeries for inmates…

Once the gov spending gets under control, people won’t feel like slaves anymore as they will get richer.
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November 04, 2024, 03:13:30 PM
#11
Political instability is the major cause of current economic hardship. The government is stabbing us while hugging us. Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?

There are reasons why we're having economical hardship and it's because of the policy that the government brings that affects the economy. When you don't have the right government ruling the country, we're going to have situations like this because they won't know what to do to make the economy better. Modern slavery are jobs we work day and night for and yet at the end of everything we don't have enough money to buy the necessary things that we need.

Our jobs barely hold us through the month and the government are a major reason for this because they intentionally make things difficult for us so we can give them more chances to try to fixed the economy that they destroyed. The government use us for winning elections and they keep us as their slave for the next election.
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November 04, 2024, 02:40:34 PM
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Democracy, which is supposed to be government of the people, for the people, and by the people, is now the new way for modern slavery. The government of my country, under the pretense of democracy, are taking citizens through hell. The situation we are in is a situation of smiling in pain.

The government, which is supposed to look out for us, are the ones tearing us apart. The currency does not have much value, inflation is on the high side, and the prices of things are triple the price it was at the beginning of the year.

The citizens speaking seems they are shouting into a void. It seems democracy has been used as a cover for either military rule or other forms of oppression that do not listen to the people.  Those in power want to keep fooling the people and continue ruling under the tag of democracy.

It's not easy to think positively with the current economy talk less about starting out on your own because there are certain opposing government policies and oppositions too.  What people do is adjust to the hardships.

People start looking for side incomes, working three jobs at once, trying to make ends meet, always on the go to work, neglecting their health and neglecting their emotions. A lot of people are even emotionally unstable, but they can't talk about it because that's not what's on the ground. You have a family to feed, you have responsibilities to take care of.

Political instability is the major cause of current economic hardship. The government is stabbing us while hugging us. Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?

It seems like to do not understand what slavery or democracy really involves. Democracy does not necessarily correlate with having a government that is competent with economic policy. Maybe if you share the particular country that you are talking about, people could give more informed opinions - do you live in North Korea, Nigeria, Canada or somewhere else? I ask because the context matters a lot for the things you are discussing. The fact is most people don't like working minimum wage jobs but are also only willing to put the minimum amount of work into bettering their lifestyle. I would not consider minimum wage work to be anywhere near slavery because it's something you actually have the ability to change in a free society. Without context of the country, your words just sound like the ramblings of a madman.
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November 04, 2024, 02:29:51 PM
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Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?

Yes, it is.

One tactical way that the government has successively used in causing modern day slavery is through poverty. They fail to do the needful, thereby leading people to hunger and suffering, which gives them more power to manipulate them. People who are hungry are very easy to convince, or should i say 'deceive'. This is why i don't get surprised when i come across certain replies on BTT that advices people to get more than one sustainable income.

From my observation, this problem is very common(both in developed and undeveloped countries). Corruption just seems to be a disease that always finds a way to affect every country. There is literally no single country that we can single out of being 100% fair and transparent. It just feels that corruption and government are two things that must work in hand, though some countries are far way worst than others.
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November 04, 2024, 02:08:44 PM
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Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?
In my country, where democracy is practiced, political instability is not really a problem because there is not any conflict in the government, and every government serves out its term without any attempts to usurp it from other political parties or officials.

I think it is more of corrupt officials within the stables of power, bending the rule of democracy to their own benefits; this is why democracy feels to some, like modern-day slavery when it shouldn't.
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November 04, 2024, 01:27:37 PM
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Political instability is the major cause of current economic hardship. The government is stabbing us while hugging us. Do you think political instability is the major course or something else?

I don't have to look elsewhere; my country is one example of having high inflation, slow progress and too many unemployment because of political instability, Once there is a new administration, they will ruin what the previous administration has done and they will resort to vengeance.
Election for the presidency is still three years away because our president has a one time six-year term but everyone's busy preparing for that election, That economy is not the main agenda of all the lawmaking bodies; political instability can weaken the economic stability of one's country that will create modern day slave out of its people.
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