Democracy means power to the people not power over the people-Talent Rusere
Democracy means power to
the people not power over the people-Talent Rusere
Democracy is the combination of two words:
Demos and Cratos . Demos means the People and Cratos means Power so Democracy
means “ Power to the People.
“ THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY” for a better
understanding. **The concept of Democracy is deeply rooted in the Greek Psyche!
We see it in the Mythology where Zeus, the supreme God, is just “first among
equals” Then appears in Homer’s poems but the father of Democracy is asserted
to be Solon, the Athenian who was one of the seven wise men of old. Solon, 7th
–6th centuries B.C. was the theoretician that established Democracy. Solon
considered the pillars of Democracy to be Justice and Virtue. So every
politician should be Just and virtuous and his main objective would be to
safeguard the wellbeing and happiness of the people and that of the state's
plus the wealth to be distributed justly among the citizens. Knowledge,
responsibility, self-control, self knowledge, sacrifice, equality, had do be
characteristics of every citizen. Believe me fellow Zimbabweans and Africans
“Virtue worth as much as all gold that is possessed by all people put together
and all gold that is still in the ground.” To that Aristotle added that “ every
politician has to be forged on the anvil of virtue.”
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