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Originally Posted by Orange angel  Lebanese citizens cannot do much if there's no political decision and no funds... Our leaders are busy with their ministries instead of looking after us, who elected them and who are, in fact, paying their salaries with our taxes!!!!!!!!
There's a single positive side to dictatorships in the Arab world and especially the Emirats: since people are rarely allowed to talk about politics, unless it's to praise their king or prince, they'r not given a reason to fight vainly and therefore they get busy making their quality of life better!!! (regardless of the Oil which gives them countless riches) |
Well, I do not think you really mean that citizens cannot do much. Do you?
Of course citizens can do much IF THEY HAVE THE WILL TO DO. Our major problem (as I see it) is that most of us have a clear overview about our bad political and social system, but none of us do anything about it. If you and me and our neighbor decides to make change then we can do it ( Sounds like Obama's motto, hehe).
Take a hypothetical example; we are now a group of citizens discussing this matter in this forum, we point out some bad and good things and probably complain about the bad things and some of us might suggest a good suggestion to improve/correct a bad thing in our society or in our political system.
Let us say that next month there will be elections, I can assure you that MOST of us will elect the leaders that "we are used to elect" no matter what. We do not ask the candidates questions that are of our concern, such as school politics, healthcare, kindergarden, infrastructure in our city/village, etc etc.......
Each of us has a "heart case" that is important to him/her, after discussion, I can elect the candidate that provide a solution to "my problem". For me, my heart case is the education. I think our educational system is not good enough and it is extremely expensive for the average family. I will elect the candidate that present his view in this matter and provide a solution that I can agree upon.
I might elect an LF candidate if his/her vision will solve the education problem, though I do not agree with LF in other issues. I do not have to elect FPM candidate if this candidate vision does not provide a solution for the problem. Of course, if you have several "heart cases" then it might be difficult to find a candidate from one political party that covers all your case, then you have to prioritize your cases and decide after prioritizing. In general, there is no "perfect" political party, most parties have pros and cons.
If we have the will to improve our country then we should ask them such critical questions and we can decide who to elect after receiving their answers. On the nest elections, we can drop them out if they fail to deliver.
Our media (TV, radio, newspapers,...) should play a main role in thie issue and they have the responsibility to educate people in this direction. If the journalists interview a candidate on the TV and ask him/her some critical questions about his/her visions in the different sectors, then people will be able to differentiate between the candidates and choose the "correct" one.
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