by pavelpipovic » Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:18 pm
How Legitimate is this Democracy? Time to reflect
A commentary by Jean-Paul Badiou
Quo vadis, Endralon? There has not been much cheering at the election parties, neither with the winners from the Communitarist Alliance, nor with the Conservatives or the Syndicalist Alternative. This coalition, it is a shotgun wedding, a coalition of of the needy. One positive outcome though seems to be that the myth of a deeply torn Endralon, where only conservative and progressive forces exists, has been uncovered. There is a quiet majority of non-voters as big as 66% of the people with suffrage that has decided to shed silence upon Endralon's political landscape. The second positive outcome seems to be that the newly formed and then dissolved Fascist Party did not get any attention.
However, for the rest, one can safely say that Endralon's democracy is in a deep crisis. How else can one explain that this coalition does not fit, and that this would not have been possible in any other country than in Endralon? Anarchists forming a coalition with Conservatives? If we look at the statistics, one cannot but wonder. Whereas the Communitarist Alliance and the Conservatives share 69% of their parliamentary voting preferences, this new coalition is at a poor 28%. The ideological divide is thus not deniable.
Let us look back: the disappointment with the Syndicalist Party, this once revolutionary force, has grown. Much to blame is the stalemate in the struggle for the abolition of the monarchy, and the dissolution of the Union of Libertarian Forces. A dream team with the Anarchists is and for the foreseeable future will not be possible. The goal of an anarchist party is to revolutionise society, however, this will not be possible as long as the SA does not take more than 3/4 of the seats in parliament. But let us not forget that the anarchist movement has always been sceptical about bringing societal change through the parliamentary system.
So what is next? The Communitarist Alliance is on its way to be the leading force in Endralon, as it has been for a long time. But either way, none of the parties can claim to have full societal backing, since a 34% suffrage is nothing than a minority rule. What we Endralonians need to do is to get ourselves together and decide where all this should lead towards. Let us create new parties that will fill the void between the extreme left progressive forces and the right-wing forces. Let us create a green party of the middle, a liberal party and more that will suck up the void and re-energise the sleeping political landscape of Endralon. This is a call for saving our democracy and the possibilities to shape our society that our forefathers fought for.
