- By Bahram Maskanian - March 04, 1990

In order to understand and ascertain Democracy, one needs to look at the definition of the word Democracy and the actions associated with it. How to invoke, maintain and constantly improve democracy requires for the public at large to continuously keep their academia, business and governing rulers' feet to the fire at all times.

Democracy is the means to invoke, mobilize, and galvanize a government by the public, answerable to the people and responsible for public safety and welfare. A democratic system of government is where people are able to exercise their inalienable right to directly elect representatives or impeach their elected representatives via popular vote.

Democracy is a social, political and economic method of managing and maintaining the society and its government. In a democratic system common people are considered the primary source of political power. Democracy means the majority rule. Democracy is the instrument to protect principles of social stability, social equality and respect for individual human rights within a community.

The ruling opposing forces to human rights and liberty are hard at work to prevent true democracy from ever taking root. This opposition to democracy appears in different forms and behaves in different manners in any given geographical area around the world.

One of the most popular forms of dividing and conquering the public is to establish opposing political parties and to set them up against one another calling them left or right wing. For example let's take the United States of Nation-Less Corporations, two (2) political parties, Democrats and Republicans, they may exhibit some trivial differences between them but in reality Democrats and Republicans are the two (2) wings of the same atrocious predatory bird. The USNC President and CEO work for those who paid for his election. Not the public.

Political parties are easily bought, sold and manipulated due to the fact that political party bosses and elite members are not working for the public. Rather, they are working for those who fund their endeavors and pay for their lavish social gatherings and policies.

Any democratic movement, which is fragmented and branched out into different political factions, is doomed for failure. Only grass-root united movements capable of forming inclusive coalitions of the whole population can and will maintain a democratic civil society. United We Stand, Divided We Fall.

One of the ruling opposing forces to any democratic movement is religion. All religions are dead set against any democratic progression and are clearly poisonous to the public mind. In particular the three (3) barbaric Adam & Eve based religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam which have been, very effectively using their deadly venom of myth, fear and hate to fool and manipulate the public. The three (3) Adam & Eve based religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam mullahs' have persuaded the public to support their medieval manmade laws or the modified versions of them, thereby protecting their grand elitist controlling positions in society. Job Security.

The progressive intelligent thinking public in search of democracy must beware of religious influence and prevent any enrollment or involvement of religious supporters and mullahs, never allowing such interaction and partnership to take place. Religion must and should remain a private affair for those who wish to believe in one. Religious activities have absolutely no place in the logical algorithm of life such as political and social governing system of an intelligent and a democratic society.

The breath and oxygen of democracy should be supplied by common sense and reason, not by symbolism. There is absolutely no place in a democratic civil society for any type of symbolism. A symbol veils and hides the evil secrets, and it is that which veils mysterious forces. These energies when released can have forceful and potent effects.

The superior wisdom and power of Common Sense should be the ruling factor, not imagery, flags, statues or other symbols. A democratic society must be governed by the unmatched and superior power of reasoning, common sense, ethical and honorable means of providing and managing public safety and social equality.

The good news is that no matter what geographical area in the world and what tools are employed by the ruling opposing forces there is only one way of diffusing their deceptive misleading means and begin establishing a true democracy.

Diffusing obstructive measures, which oppose the development of democracy, requires constant involvement of the public. This involvement should encompass a direct honest communication and exchange of information at the grass-root level at all times amongst the public.

An ideal democracy requires the entire population's constant participation and is based on four (4) essential pillars: education, accurate news reporting, informed public and vigilant honest unambiguous journalism. From my many years experience of political / democracy activism I learned that without the Guardians of Democracy it would be impossible to build, protect, maintain and constantly improve upon a true democracy. The ideal democratic society cannot be brought down and paralyzed by the assassination of their social, political leaders and officials.

An essential key principle and component necessary to have and maintain a democratic society is a free, fair, courageous and unbiased mass media journalists, essential key principles and means required in order to build and maintain a democratic society. Bold press is the eyes and ears of the public. Without this key principle there would never be democratic society.

We, the people are informed mainly by the activity of free informative press, it would be impossible for the public to make an informed decision without having a free, fair and unbiased press when they go to the ballot box. Without a bold and courageous press that is ready and willing to tell the public the truth, a genuine democracy could never come to existence.

Respect, patients, tolerance and discipline are also essential mechanisms for a grass-root democratic development. If we, the people are serious about achieving democracy, we must learn to respect, be patient and be disciplined enough to tolerate opposing points of view. We, the people must learn to respect each other's opinions and peacefully argue our points of views until an ethical and common sense solution is reached.

The true and main responsibility of the Guardians of Democracy as an informative public media and press is to make the agony of decision making so intense that we, the people could only escape the agony by thinking, think.

What fuels and energizes a democratic movement in any society and system of government are everlasting vigilant informed voters. The Founders and Guardians of Democracy are the informed, involved, watchful citizens and alert unambiguous journalists.