The recent ban on twitter in Turkey is a gruesome effort by the Turkish government headed by its scandalous
Prime Minister Erdogan. After a year long struggle by the disappointed citizens, the frustrated bureaucrats have just added to their ever-increasing pain by putting an end to their freedom of speech.I wonder what kind of democracy does that to its citizens?
In defence has come this statement- "We were afraid that the social media could be used as a breeding ground for haters.Social media has a very good reach and it may efficiently give a handsome look to awful things".I sense an increasing authoritativeness by the administration.
When social media was shut down in China, i silently thanked god for letting me be a part of such a great democracy and look what has happened now! There are stains all over our very own system! When we chose democracy over dictatorship we compromised with "development", we compromised with the "pace" and a hundred other things! So what is wrong with it? Has the time come? Do we need a better system?
Democracy has become a "substandard". This is disheartening! It took us thousand of years to figure out things and finally arrive at a system which for everyone was like "We got the biggest piece of the cake". Democracy is the rule of the people by the people for the people. I have started to sense the ugliness in this very definition.A rotten branch has grown out of a noble tree, and i am scared to think of it rapidly proliferating! Democracy has become rule of certain people for the masses! And when there is an opportunity everyone rushes to grab it, misuse it!
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