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When the instrument of government is a dictatorship, which is the case of existing political systems in the world today, a society, aware of deviations from the legislation, has no means to express its position and rectify the situation other than through violence. It has no other option but to rise in revolt against the instrument of government in the seat of power. However, even if violence or revolution were expressions of society’s attitude towards such deviations, participation in the uprising would not involve the whole society. It would be an act undertaken only by those who are capable of such an initiative and possess the courage to be outspoken and pronounce the will of society. Yet, a popular uprising would in itself constitute a dictatorial incident because its revolutionary initiative shall necessarily create opportune circumstances for another instrument of government to rise to power in the name of the people. In other words, the instrument of power would still be a dictatorship.
Violence and the use of force as instruments of change are undemocratic, but they happen as an outcome of the development of an undemocratic situation. Any society which still finds itself in this vicious circle is a backward society. How is this to be resolved? The solution is for the people to become the instrument of government - to organize themselves into Basic People’s Congresses and People’s Committees to replace the governmental administration, and convene the General People’s Congress as a periodic national gathering for the Congresses and Committees. In such a system, any deviation from the legislation of society would be dealt with through the democratic process rather than through the use of force. This process is not a voluntary choice of the method to amend or change the state of affairs in society, but is an inevitable result of the nature of the democratic system where no outside group exists who can thus be rendered a target of violent action or held responsible for any deviations. |
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