Renaissance of Democracy

As promised, I would like to add some thoughts for your holiday regarding improving the democratic process. I hear a lot around me that people agree with me that the current state structure has come to a standstill. We have rambled on for too long in democratizing and have hit the wall. I'll keep it short, it's almost vacation after all.

These are my first improvement proposals:
• Only genuine people's parties are allowed to participate in the elections. No one-issue parties such as a party for the animals, for the climate or for the farmers. An independent and broad-based council must determine this on the basis of the election manifestos;
• Parties only enter the chamber if they obtain at least 10 seats;
• If a member of parliament retires for whatever reason, the seat reverts to the party, so that no one-man factions can arise;
• In contrast to the current situation, laws must be able to be tested against the constitution;
• From now on, qualified majorities will be used. That means, for example, two-thirds or three-quarters of the votes to get a bill passed. A very important effect of this is that there is much less frustration in society because the opponents form a smaller minority;
• With a majority of at least three quarters, the chamber can expel a member on the basis of undesirable behavior or language;
• Government services are no longer allowed to litigate against each other;
• Civil servants must enforce laws, not create justice themselves.

You can always respond
You may feel the need to approach me about these proposals during your holiday. It will not happen that the system cleans itself and adopts or applies such improvement proposals. The system must first create its own chaos. That will not be long in coming, because the current leaders are all incompetent.

We maintain it ourselves because we don't want chaos, but we won't escape it. I therefore see the above more as first thoughts for reconstruction. The leaders are self-sustaining because they know exactly how to make democracy work in their favor and so it's a dictatorship, maybe a dictatorship of the apparent majority, but still.

There is too large a group, especially intellectuals, who feel pressured and who also know that something has gone wrong. History teaches us that weak leaders push the elite away because they undermine their power. But history also teaches us that this is a self-inflating strategy.

Happy Summer Vacation.