(DOWNLOAD) "Course: Peace and Prosperity" by Mark O'Doherty ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Course: Peace and Prosperity
- Author : Mark O'Doherty
- Release Date : January 13, 2020
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 199 KB
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Since the 19th century, in fits and starts, democracy has spread to more and more parts of the world. Nations that were formerly governed by narrow elites for their own benefit extended voting rights, education, welfare and social security to larger swaths of their populations. But over the last two decades, many political scientists have noted a reverse trend: growing economic inequality combined with the rise of autocratic leaders, weakening democratic institutions and weakening rule of law in country after country. Democracies are the best place to put your money, because they have courts that are more or less independent. As a result, a huge tidal wave of money started to move into democracies. With the money came a sort of kleptocratic spirit. So if you’re going to buy a big house, why not also buy a politician? Why not try to manipulate a court case? What started to happen was that democratic institutions started to be manipulated by kleptocrats. The biggest source of this kleptocratic money came from Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union. But a lot of it came from kleptocratic client states like Congo, parts of South America and Malaysia. So instead of being connected to superpowers, these dictatorships became connected to the corporate world. The superpowers and the old imperial powers were essentially replaced by corporate powers. So throughout the world, rulers, including elected rulers, are increasingly wielding power through corruption. They enact policies to enrich themselves and a small clique of their cronies. Therefore these corrupt rulers and corrupt politicians must be brought to justice, so that rule of law and fundamental human rights can be restored in the International Community. The social contract needs to be restored in the world; otherwise a second French Revolution may well be necessary. It should also be emphasised, that poverty should be and can be eradicated, and it is the responsibility of humanity as a whole to guarantee every human being the means to satisfy basic needs and to live a worthy live. The right to life, the right to social security and the right to an adequate standard of living are acknowledged by the member states of the United Nations in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Articles 3, 22 and 25.1). Therefore the implementation of a Global Basic Income (GBI) must be made into an absolute priority rule; so that peace and prosperity can be manifested for everybody in the International Community.