Democracy? Plutocracy!/en

Democracia, el gobierno del pueblo, se ha convertido en una palabra vacía. Plutocracia, el gobierno de los ricos, describe mejor el sistema político dominante ¿Que podemos hacer?

"Libertad, igualdad, fraternidad..." ¿dónde?

"Riqueza, seguridad, progreso..." ¿para quién?

En teoría, elecciones y mercados son libres. Sin embargo, en la práctica estan dominados por la elite financiera que concentra y maneja una inmensa cantidad de dinero. Sin ser populares o productivos, los plutócratas controlan de arriba a abajo la política, controlando de arriba a abajo el capital a escala global.


 * Use your political power in your communities where the rule of the people can still prevail.


 * Apply economic transparency to your activities. Require it from anybody willing your vote, or governing in your name.


 * Identify the plutocrats that you are supporting with your capital. Don't work for them. Don't buy from them. Don't borrow their money. Don't entrust your resources to them.


 * support bottom-up organizations instead: volunteers, cooperatives, and other businesses run by producers directly. Become part of them.


 * Si tus iniciativas en transparencia y boicot son bloqueadas, identifica los problemas y apoya proyectos que trabajen en solucionarlos.

Políticos en deuda
Los estados democráticos estan gobernados por élites políticas que deben su estatus a las élites financieras. Plutócratas invierten en políticos que necesitan su ayuda para ganar elecciones y mantener sus puestos. Estos devuelven el favor a los plutócratas con influencias, negocios rentables y regulaciones a medida.

Esta forma de corrupción es endémica en cualquier sistema basado en organizaciones jerárquicas que compiten por gobernar. Cuando delegamos el poder eligiendo entre unos pocos candidatos, los plutócratas concentran sus esfuerzos en ellos. Barreras a la transparencia y la participación son el siguiente paso, junto al uso de los medios, jueces y policía. Este es un retrato de la democrácia hoy. El gobierno del pueblo necesita reformularse.

Por otro lado, cualquiera que se oponga eficazmente a la plutocracia se enfrenta a toda la presión que el dinero puede comprar. Organizaciones de base que se atengan al principio de la espiral tienen más oportunidades de resistir y evolucionar contra esa oposición.

Thieves of public wealth
Sustainable public services are converted into profitable companies. Unsustainable businesses are bailed out with public funds. Privatizing revenues and socializing losses, this is how politicians serve the plutocrats at the expense of the citizens they represent.

Through corruption and cronyism, a globalized elite holds the reins regardless of bankruptcies and elections. They control public and private finances, media and armies. Their concentration of power continues to grow.

When politicians win, plutocrats win. If politicians lose, plutocrats also win. The financial overlords are more powerful than the current political class, successor of mighty emperors and kings. Plutocracy becomes evident when no democratic state can organize a sovereign economy, even less, tame a global economy agitated by gamblers.

The evolution of capitalism
The small minority leading corporations, banks, and private lobbies has become immensely powerful by mastering elements of capitalism like concentration of capital, speculation, globalization, and political influence. The traditional capitalist system created to enable production and commerce has evolved into a financial cloud that devours everything as well as extracts income from anywhere.

The individual responsibility of plutocrats has been diluted, obfuscated, and exempted by law. While they get immensely richer, they are never accountable of losses. Their mistakes and maneuvers are paid by the society at large thanks to public resolutions approved by the politicians they have sponsored.

However, the source of the power of plutocrats is artificial and volatile. Money is trust, nothing else. Producing money with money is a very risky business, and this is exactly the business driving the global economy today. Plutocracy reigns in a house of cards. Money is the plutocrat's clothes.

Capitalism always wants to appear benevolent, natural, and eternal. However, in its current incarnation as a global plutocracy, it is cruel, unsustainable, and it will crash. Even if it keeps distracting many people from the wars, oppression and poverty it causes, it cannot trick the balance of nature.

A full reset is required to escape from this madness and work toward the goal of happiness for everyone.