"Alistair Kitchen's deportation is a clear case of retaliation in connection with his reporting, and such action sends a chilling message to journalists," said one press freedom defender.
There’s the trick: what do you call democracy? Usually, the word “democracy” is reduced to the word “elections” and here the field where the autocrats like to play.
“Slave mentality” too
In my experience, this one is usually used as a token of some superiority over another nation or over your very neighbors who elect candidates you don’t like.
Usually, the word “democracy” is reduced to the word “elections” and here the field where the autocrats like to play.
That’s the problem. For a functional country, or “democracy” for short, you need mechanisms to prevent a collapse into autocracy. And general participation of citizens in decision making, which is related to my second point.
What I mean by “slave mentality” is better described as “rejection of personhood”. People supporting authoritarian governments reject their own status as a person, by rejecting their own (and everybody else’s) political agency. Usually by looking for some great leader to be a saviour, as long as you keep your head down and obey.
Political rights are what makes you a full person in a society.
There’s the trick: what do you call democracy? Usually, the word “democracy” is reduced to the word “elections” and here the field where the autocrats like to play.
In my experience, this one is usually used as a token of some superiority over another nation or over your very neighbors who elect candidates you don’t like.
That’s the problem. For a functional country, or “democracy” for short, you need mechanisms to prevent a collapse into autocracy. And general participation of citizens in decision making, which is related to my second point.
What I mean by “slave mentality” is better described as “rejection of personhood”. People supporting authoritarian governments reject their own status as a person, by rejecting their own (and everybody else’s) political agency. Usually by looking for some great leader to be a saviour, as long as you keep your head down and obey.
Political rights are what makes you a full person in a society.