Democracy in Taiwan
They say "Taiwan is a democracy"
Yet all citizens must carry ID cards
and party politics is seldom clean.
They say "Taiwan is free"
Yet many crimes carry the death penalty
and money speaks invisibly.
Perhaps it is time to rethink:
Isn't Taiwan is a "democracy" simply because it is pro-US?
Any friend of Uncle Sam
welcoming clean-cut missionaries
is a "democracy".
Any government challanging U.S. hegemony
is obviously "repressive".
The formula is simple:
"Democracy" is a commodity bought and sold
exactly like slaves were
in times of old
| Bhäraté: | This poem is nonsense. What's written here about Taiwan can be said of many countries. |
| An-Yi: | I agree - democracy is relative. I cannot think of any absolute democracy on Earth. |
| Chariya: | Maybe so, but isn't it a goal that's worth aspiring for? |
| Satoru: | The older I become, the less I'm sure. Unless there's a fundamental shift in human conciousness, I sense all political formulas will be useless. |
