The Dutch citizen is angry, so could be read. Past week in Trouw The anger about politics would include itself in the call for 'a strong leader blackhawks who can immediately decide everything. " The percentage of voters who want a strong leader is remarkably high in this study, but the sentiment is not new. Several comments, like those in Trouw and de Volkskrant on Saturday, struggled with that call for a strong leader. Was this a threat to democracy? Is a strong leader automatically someone 'without much democratic posturing' take decisions, as was to be read in the original article? No. The call for a strong leader is not anti-democratic, and so should we not conceive. The same people who want a strong leader, also generally blackhawks called for more democracy. The vast majority of the population is absolutely convinced democrat. Perhaps angry, and perhaps rightly so, but not anti-democratic. There is no contradiction between the desire for both a strong leader as more democratic participation. Most citizens want is preferably not interfere with politics. They just want a strong leader blackhawks who does what 'it' people want. At the same time, they want many democratic means - elections, referenda - to agree if still needed to intervene and send leaders away or correct. The largest part of the time it remains the democratic influence of citizens virtually invisible. But as the political leader (s) unwilling blackhawks or unable to carry out the will of the people ", the democratic resources quickly and efficiently deployed: American political thought of this the term stealth democracy, to the effective bomber who remains invisible for the radar.
However, behind the desire for a strong leader lies a conception of modern democracy that places the people towards a political caste. The desire rests on the somewhat naive idea that it is the people blackhawks themselves agree on what politicians should do, but that politicians are divided and right solutions stand in the way. Politicians would simply have to carry what do 'we-the-people blackhawks ". The strong blackhawks leader and democratic means are especially joint solution to break. Those political caste Policy is intended to (peacefully) a balancing of different interests and views on the organization of society:. blackhawks However a fundamental feature of political fragmentation blackhawks The call for a strong leader fails 'The people' does not exist, at least not as politically unified group. Voters differences sincere in their beliefs about society. That should be the elections of the past decade, with fluctuating outcomes and fragmentation of the party system the lesson. Politicians should take the irritations of the angry citizen seriously. Distrust is indeed fueled by a lack of decisiveness. But Stealth Democracy is naive and unrealistic. Yet we see that this is even fed. By the Prime Minister blackhawks The HJ Schoo lecture he was actually excited about a lack of vision on the organization of the Dutch society. Politicians have also apparently according Rutte choose what is good for 'the people'. Precisely on the meaning blackhawks of 'good' we also differ in Netherlands sincerely blackhawks believe. What was good for Rutte, remained unclear. The angry citizen blackhawks who calls for a strong leader blackhawks and Prime Minister-free blackhawks vision embracing both the same idea: politicians need to work vigorously to simply perform what would like 'we-the-people ". It is an unreasonable requirement above will lead to frustration. A longer version appeared as a blog on Piece Red Meat
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