You Don't Live in a Democracy

Democracy comes from the Ancient Greek dēmos (δῆμος), meaning people, and kratia (or kratos, κράτος), meaning power, rule, or force. Today, Western governments in practicality do not reflect, in any way, rule by the people, power to the people, force for the people, or any other possible interpretation of the original Greek, Latin, or French etymology.

It could all be so simple. Liberal democracy, we are told, is the best form of government. Everything short of this mystical system is tyrannical, or, as Churchhill said, and who so many quote, "democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." So why is it then that elected governments so often not only ignore the will of their citizens, but actively work against them?

The point of modern neoliberal democracy isn't by the people, for the people, of the people, but rather by insufferable out-of-touch nowheres, of economic units inhabiting the postcode, for the existence of the state.

1. It's all about the money

Modern finance is at least part of the problem. If social media is the antichrist (quitting this alone would solve most people problems), it finds its suitor in the business domain in the form of LinkedIn. Recently I saw a post on this insipid platform from a German boomer, that praised Germany's GDP growth. It juxtaposed Germany and Japan in the early 2000s against the GDP for the same economies in 2025. Germany is now larger in nominal GDP terms than Japan! Wow! It must be such a great place to be then right? Alas, anyone even remotely familiar with Germany knows that it is a shadow of the place it was in the early 2000s. It is less safe, less happy, less coherent, less impressive by almost every measure - ah, but not in terms of GDP! (Of course, much of the adjustment is on account of a depreciation in the Japanese Yen. Japan's economy is still larger when measured in PPP terms - which are the only terms that really matter).

Banks are responsible for the vast majority of money creation via credit creation. Not governments - a common misconception. When a loan is written, the bank credits one account to the value of the loan, and another account to the corresponding liability. It is by this mechanism that money is injected into the ridiculous Ponzi scheme that is the tax-dragged, credit-driven, modern, fake economy that our politicians so adore. To anyone paying attention at all, the question arises: if the loan is therefore repaid, does this not result in a contraction in circulating money supply. Of course, the answer to this is yes, it does. So in order to avoid a deflationary spiral, credit must grow constantly and indefinitely. Credit in the system will, by design, never be fully paid back. Our society SHOULD always be in debt - this is the point -, and the more the better.

2. People Shortage

The structural design of the financial system is without doubt, a major factor in the declining birth rate. Birthrates are in precipitous decline; and not just in the West. In Türkiye the birth rate is just 1.51 per woman (2023), even the Philippines, which at one point exhibited the highest birth rate in Asia, is now below replacement at approximately 1.91 per woman (2023). In South Korea, it is 0.72 (2023).

In the Western countries, which are extremely credit inflated - such as Australia, Canada, Germany, etc - Governments' only solution is to open the floodgates to migrants, who - understandably - want to improve their station in life. No thought is given to the people who already live there, and who in many cases have done so for hundreds or even thousands of years. We must grow GDP! We need more loans! Even if this means the end of us. Even if this means to become an economic postcode of crime and GDP points. Even if it is to spell the end of a civilisation.

3. You Exist for the State

Immigration is seen as the easy way out from the perspective of our corrupt, and essentially retarded, political class. These are the same people who advocate for war, who hollowed out the manufacturing base and shipped it to China, who react to any perceived threat with more and more authoritarianism.

For decades now, the dēmos have vocalised their desire for robust borders, for limited migration, for financial sanity, and a focus on living standards, and quality of life. Yet at each turn their calls have been rejected. Whether you like it or not, Brexit was a vote to regain control of the UK's destiny. When people saw Mutti's guests arriving by foot unimpeded they wanted out. Now in 2025, the reality of that devastating policy on modern Germany is finally being called out. Ten years too late.

But it wasn't just Brexit, it was in many EU treaties that have been rejected and only to be brought in via the back door. From adoption of the EU constitution in member states, to the current quotas and penalties imposed on Hungary. There are weekly protests across the Western world and unrest beyond.

The left is dissatisfied, the right is dissatisfied, the centre is cucked.

But governments only have one answer. China is rising? More immigration and more debt. Productivity is falling? More immigration and more debt. Society is aging? More immigration and more debt. But immigration and debt are bandaids. Migrants will grow old, and debt will be shouldered by future generations who are already locked out of the financial system.

To paraphrase Thilo Sarrazin in a recent interview (in German):

In 100 years, Germany will still exist on paper and as a state, given that it is in the middle of Europe, has a pleasant climate, has transport routes that run through it, and this all means that people will live there. There just won't be Germans living there anymore, and the culture and society within its borders will be entirely alien to what it is today.

4. Restructuring

The first step to emancipation from slavery is recognising that one is indeed a slave - a financial one.

The current system has run its course. Such is history. In Europe, millionaires from the UK, France, and Germany are shifting en masse to Italy (still a nice place to live, and with new tax legislation to sweeten the deal), the US, and the UAE. South East Asia and Latin America are emerging magnets for both the wealthy and the ambitious (but, perhaps, not so wealthy).

Of course, even within the club of the so-called West, there are still well-run countries - usually smaller, thereby closer and more in tune with the desires of its citizens, such as Switzerland, Denmark, Hungary, and Poland. Notably, these countries are not in the Euro and so have more financial sovereignty.

Not lost is the palpable irony that right when things are collapsing, we have at our disposal the most powerful technologies in recorded history. We should be more productive - which is to say richer and more prosperous - than ever before. Yet, this financial and political system means that while we have access to magnificent devices assembled in far-off lands, most people can't even afford a decent place to live, homelessness is rising, and people have no financial participation.

Ultimately, concepts such as direct democracy and cultural renaissance may serve as course-correctors. But these are abstract, presently-out-of-reach metapolitical dreams.

The so-called developed world is no longer that developed or that worldly. However, in a system where you can be de-banked, cryptocurrencies allow you to transact safely with clients or counterparties in other parts of the world. In a society where trust is lower and crime is higher, you can entirely remove yourself and your family by living outside of major metropolitan areas (without sacrificing your income as you can generate online revenue streams). Rather than relying on a government with an entirely adversarial incentive platform to your own, it is imperative to adopt these new technologies, and to position yourself to be robust to the coming turmoil in the Western world.