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"General Crisis of Confidence?

The word "democracy" comes from the Greek word demokratia ; demos (people) and kratos (government). Therefore, democracy represents a political system governed by the people . This was so in its origins in ancient Greece, but democracy has now become a representative democracy in which citizens have left in the hands of our politicians and representatives of our voice. Hardly we are consulted the public on certain issues, as the logistical apparatus is so complicated that only in certain times and in the form of a referendum, we consulted.

Currently, the European Union is establishing a method in the form of citizen participation , Which aims to raise the voice of European citizens through public consultations, although under the low turnout, it seems there is not much to say ... barely a hundred people gave our opinion, taking note that we are almost 500 million Europeans, representing, as you see, is minimal .

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Fukuyama's theory (1989) called "The End of History", is based on the idea the triumph of capitalism and liberal democracy over socialism . Once down communism and fascism, extreme ideas do not exist, Fukuyama argues that we have reached " the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western democracy as the ultimate form of human government ", ie we are in a time when the gap between the different political currents is zero, where we see daily as the "theater" of political life each one carries his role, regardless of being on either side of power, and where his only ambition is to get to the "throne", sit back and do the same thing his predecessor, because the message that we send to our political class to the low participation is that that is what we want, and that they give us.

Sun Tzu said, in "The Art of War": " Authority is a matter of intelligence, honesty, humanity, courage and severity ." Do you recognize these values \u200b\u200bin our current political class?.

Since the nineties, is observed as the democracy has its problems, not only in its implementation in totalitarian countries, but also in Western countries with well-established democracies, as evidenced by the steady decline in the number of Feedback collected at the national or local elections of any European country, there is a growing "crisis general confidence. "Onora O'Neil's philosophy, summed up the crisis as

" Mistrust and suspicion have spread across all areas of life, apparently for good reason. It is said that people no longer believe the government, politicians, ministers, police, courts or prisons. It says consumers do not believe companies, especially larger ones, or their products. It is said that none of us trust banks, insurers or pension providers that patients are said no longer trust doctors, and particularly do not trust hospitals thereof. The "loss of confidence" is, in short, a cliché of our times .

What happens to us then?, Did we have lost the ability to trust, or simply the sense of wonder, to be assertive, to say, illusion ... to think? Have we become so warm as our politicians?, so influenced by the media that we have absorbed in the short-termism of their news, in which a misfortune or a good news is so fleeting that we do not get to that place in the brain where it is analyzed, processed and stored information, then wham wham wham a click of a mouse train the brain for anything or anyone we care, a brain processing as the most important work the day of identify ourselves in this feisbuk, or complete a survey who will represent us in Eurovision 2010, it seems, and also on the basis of the results that the people give us what we want, or not? Since then, we should not lose the need never ask questions, to amaze and point finger, as in the story of emperor's new clothes , only one child was able to see the truth that the emperor was naked!

On the other hand, seize the word "Trust" as a product more than marketing, as the new campaign "this alone will fix between todos.org " of the Foundation Trust , campaign sponsored by the same corporations that caused the loss of confidence (BBVA, Caja Madrid, Cepsa, Endesa, Telefónica ...), my, what provokes me, in principle, "mistrust" lot of mistrust. I do not believe that companies that partner " wish to contribute selflessly to stimulate change , 18 large companies agree not to do anything if not for an economic interest. Some time ago I do not believe in fairies, but I like the stories ...

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sometimes read articles in which one rests , processes, feels, understands digested and then ... but of course are only suitable for short-termism that has not atrophied these valuable skills, and not explain what it is like throwing flowers to the pigs, never understand!.