Today, democracy is a widespread system in the world. Many countries had taken this system to rule their country. People also think that democracy is the best system for rule a country than undemocratic governments, such as dictatorship, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and repressiveness, which had happened in the past. In addition, undemocratic governments just caused war, violence, misery, and other dreadful things in this world. Therefore, democracy comes to heal the wound of atrocity in the entire world. However, this sincere expectation to democracy seems has not paid yet. Why? It is because democracy itself born into various meanings so then practically, democracy does not have the same form through over the world, included United States of America, European countries, and also Indonesia. Even, there are many complex issues raise because of the implementation of democracy. So, is it true that democracy bring its virtue for all people in the world like in the theory? Or, democracy actually just gives the downside for people? From all of those reasons, a country should not implement democracy system because it results more disadvantages than the advantages.
Literally, democracy comes from Latin’s word, demos (society) and kratos (government). In history, democracy was originated from ancient Greek civilization in 500 BC. There were many Greek philosophers was deemed that they had given great contribution to the development of democracy. Later, democracy grew up and became prevalent ideas among many countries in Europe until it goes to the Middle East now (Iskandar, 2009:8-9). In Indonesia itself, democracy emerged after the New Order era fell down and then changed to Reformation era in 1998.
In fact, democracy just wins in the theory but not in the reality. The theory said that democracy is from the people, by the people, and for the people somehow cannot drive a country to construct the government like on it. Take, for example Indonesian democracy. “Kepala Divisi Penelitian Lembaga Penelitian, Pendidikan dan Penerangan Ekonomi dan Sosial (LP3ES) Kurniawan Zein berpendapat hasil survei IndoBarometer merupakan lonceng krisis kepercayaan masyarakat pada lembaga demokrasi. Rakyat tidak hanya kecewa dengan kinerja pemerintahan Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono melainkan terhadap tiga institusi demokrasi yakni eksekutif, legislatif dan yudikatif” (vivanews.com). It indicates that the government’s work does not produce a development through the condition of the society. It seems that there is a huge gap between the government and society. Therefore, democracy proves to society that it cannot bring the merits for Indonesian.
Besides, democracy seems do not have strong standard or principle in practice. It does so because democracy tends to show off freedom excessively. It makes as if there are no border and limitation in everything. Thus, there are many issues like, free sex, drug abuse, pornography, privatization, terrorism, corruption, abortion arouse because the moral, ethic, and law are weakened by the freedom. Those freedoms also create chaos which egoism, individualism, selfishness, greed, and fanatic collide each other. The law is likes an object that can be sold and bought easily. Moreover, the law makers (legislative) also seems do not tend to the society and even they support the elite or their own interest.
Furthermore, democracy produces poverty, economic imperialism, social disintegration, etc. It is because democracy cannot avoid the influence of capitalism and liberalism systems which have high effect to the economic system and social life of democratic government. Democracy always create many opportunity of the open access to the capitalism and liberalism in this globalization era. Even though some economist believe that the Adam Smith’s thought about capitalist economy (neo-liberalism) can create prosperity to the society but the reality seems cannot be hidden that this system bring misery to the global economy (Triono, 2009:79). They produce high discrepancy between rich and poor people. Everything can be bought, even law, if anyone has much money and authority. This undemanding access also makes Indonesian government has to bear swollen debt (Triono, 2009:122). Besides, high exploitation of natural resources in Indonesia also easily happens because of the fragile law (privatization policy) and the delicate power of Indonesian government.
In addition, democracy such create imbalance social life because of the existence of human rights. Almost in every case about violence, terrorism, sexual-harassment is always connected with human rights. However, democracy seems does not really support the human rights even though it give great space for human rights’ existence. For instance, the issue of Palestine and Israel which have not been solved yet until now is the evidence that democracy blinds with human rights and humanity. Even, the United States of America, the greatest democratic government in the world that masterminds human rights, cannot do anything to stop the Israel’s imperialism toward Palestinian. The United States of America even supports Israel to continue their imperialism in Palestine. In 2008, America gave fund to Israel around 120 million dollars to help the economy and the military of Israel (Khairi&Bukhari, 2009:199). Where is their humanity? Not only USA but also every country in this world, United Nations, Arab League, and even Indonesia, who is admitted as the greatest Muslim in the world, just ignore the suffering of Palestinian there. They pretend to become deaf, blind, and dumb when they have to face the conflict of Palestine and Israel. Probably, just few people who still have humanity to save and help Palestinian try hard to make them free.
However, people seem cannot rebuff that democracy is a better system the repressive governments nowadays because the theory lead to a government which can create prosperity, justice, and safety to the country. So, some countries take this system to create a better government than the repressive government. Some western thinkers also still support the democracy and keep in faith that democracy is the best system today. They also think that people still have chance to create a good democracy to lead a government.
In fact, the theory of democracy cannot imply to the reality and cannot be proven in practice. So that, we have to face the reality that democracy actually bring dreadful things than its virtues in the theory. People have to open their eyes, their hearts, and their minds that democracy is the ill system. Therefore, a country should not implement democracy system in creating the real prosperity, justice, and safety.
References:
http://politik.vivanews.com/news/read/220698-ini-krisis-lembaga-demokrasi--tak-hanya-sby
Iskandar, A.B. (ed). 2009. Ilusi Negara Demokrasi. Bogor: Al-Azhar Press.
Khairi,G.A, Bukhari,A. 2009. Air Mata Palestina. Jakarta: Hi-Fest Publishing.
Triyono, D.C. 2009. Demokrasi dan Ancaman Ekonomi Neo-Liberal. In Iskandar, A.B. (ed) Ilusi Negara Demokrasi. Bogor: Al-Azhar Press.
Triyono, D.C. 2009. Demokrasi Penjajah Ekonomi. In Iskandar, A.B. (ed) Ilusi Negara Demokrasi. Bogor: Al-Azhar Press.
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