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ANTI- DIPLOMACY AND CIVIC EXISTENCE:
HOW TO REINVIGORATE THE PUBLIC
SPHERE IN A DEMOCRACY?
Stanisław Kowalczyk
Ph.D. in political science, University of Warsaw, Poland
INTRODUCTION
The assertion that democracy is currently in crisis
at the beginning of the 21st century actually has
become a catchphrase. The gradual deterioration
of the public sphere goes hand in hand with a low
level of confidence in both the institutions and the
political elites. Both democratic theorists and
political elites' responses to this crisis appear to
ignore the real causes and, most importantly,
remain extremely conservative. Any proposed
institutional changes are mostly cosmetic and do
not change the system's core. Democracy does not
require a refresher; rather, it requires a
comprehensive reconstruction that involves
adapting institutional infrastructure to a brand-
new population and world. However, what is
required is an analysis that will go beyond the
institutional aspect of POLITICS and will not
confine its conclusions and recommendations to
the idea of system reform. Because the distrust is
not so much about representative democracy and
the current political elites as it is about POLITICS as
a whole, which is more like a theater of illusion or
a soap opera aimed at stirring emotions and is no
longer understandable to most citizens, the
changes must not be superficial. The elites view it
as a cynical game rather than a means of
articulating and harmonizing social interests.
NEOLIBERAL DEPOLITICIZATION POLICY
The data showing a decline in citizens' interest in
POLITICS, their level of political participation, and
their formal membership in political parties cannot
be used to fully comprehend the nature of the
change. Collin Hay looked at how a set of neoliberal
ideas hurt politicians' definitions of POLITICS and
how people think about POLITICS. The public's
perception is that everyone, including politicians,
acts out of rationally understood self-interest and
simply tries to get as much of it as possible.
POLITICS has been subordinated to economically
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understood rationality, and as a result, it has been
de facto depoliticized. Undermining beliefs about
the unselfish motivations of politicians also
significantly contributed to a significant drop in
trust in the state as an institutional system of
representation of social interests.
POLITICS, on the other hand, is the capacity to act
and think through a situation in which real
collective or social choice is at stake. In this way,
POLITICS is everywhere we are dealing with co-
shaping our destiny rather than determining it, and
the issue is not limited to the individual. As a result,
everything outside of our control falls under the
category of non-POLITICS. Politicization is the
process by which a problem is made the subject of
discussion, decision, and action, rather than just
speculation. Depoliticization, then again, is the
converse cycle, that is to say, matters that were
already a subject of decision, stop being the subject
of thought and are viewed as last and determined.
Expanding Feed's depoliticization idea, Laura
Jenkins characterized Political issues as an
imaginative,
vague
interaction
that
is
characteristically complicated in nature, and its
members allude to various qualities and have, no
less than possibly, the capacity to challenge the laid
out request.
POLITICS cannot exist without a genuine
possibility
—
or even a belief in the possibility of
changing the existing order
—
of action that is
marked by randomness but is a reflective game
between the omnipresent relations of power and
freedom in collective life.5 POLITICS is the capacity
for change and, by extension, for action. POLITICS
exists wherever our actions have an impact on
other people. However, individuals may use
different social strategies to acknowledge or deny
the possibility of realizing their own will.
Therefore, in the broadest sense of the term,
"politization," it would entail exposing and
questioning what is taken for granted, either
morally or politically without alternatives.
Depoliticization is a strategy based on fatalism and
determinism, which limit human ability to act,
choose, and change the world as it is. As a result,
certain orders are presented as scientifically
justified and unquestionable. The denial of
impartiality and neutrality is presented as
particularize. To counter-propose a vision of an
organization of a society that is free from political
interests, a negative image of POLITICS is created
by presenting it as the source of the ideological
deformation of the world's image.
Therefore, depoliticization practices can be
justified as liberating from particularizes rather
than as destroying diversity or limiting
alternatives. As a result of the depoliticization of
difference, POLITICS has been replaced by one in
which, regardless of our particular motivations,
there is only one correct solution presented with
no alternatives. As a result, the purpose of
politicization would be to oppose dominance in an
environment where power relations are
obstructed or subject to depoliticization, which
prevents the formulation and emergence of an
alternative.
ANTI-POLITICS AS A CHALLENGE
At the beginning of the 20th century, democracy
had to deal with a growing lack of trust in
politicians and political institutions. Formal
POLITICS is increasingly seen as a pointless
spectacle run by public relations professionals.
While it may be impressive, formal POLITICS is not
politically effective from a citizen's perspective
and, more importantly, it is dysfunctional from the
system as a whole. They are no longer able to
mobilize citizens because political parties no
longer resemble corporations that are more
concerned with the interests of their own members
than public entities that are truly concerned with
the interests of various social groups; and political
organizations no longer have the authority to
represent them. Political scientists have coined the
term "Anti-political culture" to describe a
completely new phenomenon that has emerged
alongside citizens' growing sense of political
alienation. A lack of trust in formal POLITICS leads
to demands to directly influence public affairs
through referendums, petitions, and civic budgets.
Naturally, this can be interpreted as an effort to
establish competitive articulation channels as an
alternative to discredited party POLITICS. It is,
without a doubt, evidence of civic commitment, but
it is also a demonstration of the system's need for
adequate institutional changes. According to Hay
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and Stoker, there are a number of reasons why
contemporary political elites do not fully
comprehend the scope, depth, and nature of the
disease with which modern democracy is
struggling. First, the elites themselves are unaware
of how much of a contributor they are to the crisis
in democratic POLITICS. Because their electoral
fortunes depend on it, their representatives are
more likely to exploit the Anti-political culture than
to oppose it. Many times, it is even possible to draw
the conclusion that they have lost faith in the social
utility of POLITICS, which contributes to the
acceptance of making many important decisions
outside of their control. It isn’t really to be expected
that the residents whom they purportedly address
have additionally quit trusting in it. The switching
of this interaction would require restoring
collective types of independent direction. This
makes sense as long as citizens feel they have a say
in the decisions they care about, which can re-
energize their desire to participate in public life.
The first and most important step in reviving
POLITICS (re-politicization) is to oppose the de-
politicization of public spheres that are already
dominated by professionals, managers, and experts
rather than democratically elected representatives.
Second, institutions and organizations with
important political roles are frequently not
included in the proposed and implemented
systemic changes; additionally, political parties,
non-Political organizations, and the media as a
whole are a component of the issue and must be
viewed as such. Thirdly, in order to deal with the
multi-level nature of the modern world and the
associated management requirements, revitalized
POLITICS must be organized significantly better
than it is currently. At the national level,
decentralization cannot imply independence and
the development of a unique system. While our
political debates and institutions have stubbornly
remained national, POLITICS has become more
transnational than ever.
In conclusion, we are able to confirm that, despite
the well-documented low level of political
commitment among citizens and growing
dissatisfaction with POLITICS, we do not truly
comprehend the causes of this situation. We do not
fully comprehend the source of the citizens'
negative perception of POLITICS, which is
frequently viewed as an elite cynical game. The
issue of altering citizens' perceptions must be
seriously addressed in any strategy to revitalize
POLITICS. We understand what types of political
movement individuals take part in and what
elements drive this action. We can provide a wealth
of empirical data on topics like voter turnout and
election outcomes, but political science
—
and
social science as a whole
—
has trouble explaining
how citizens lost comprehension of POLITICS in the
early 21st century.
POLITICAL INDIVIDUALISM IN PRACTICE
Neoliberal Political issues aren’t rehearsed through
ideological groups, on the grounds that the choice
making process with respect to society has been
taken out from majority rule bodies. It is not forged
in the public process of agreeing on different points
of view and reasons; rather, it is based on activity
generated around individual cases that can be
solved in the same way as a mathematical equation.
Traditional democratic systems and methods of
political participation are also not compatible with
this new POLITICS. Today's civic activism is
becoming increasingly anarchic and viral. It further
strengthens the cracks in the political landscape
and can be described as a diffuse model of political
individualism. A significant Anti-political stance
has been adopted by all major political parties.
Politicians imitate the vitality of the political scene
by attacking one another and focusing constantly
on the lives of their opponents. However, they also
undermine mutual trust, which undermines the
foundations upon which the public sphere is built.
Because it mobilizes against competitors whose
harmful activities must be restricted in the
interests of society as a whole, this type of political
rivalry continues to be socio-technically effective.
However, at the same time, it reinforces society's
belief that no one can be trusted.
At the same time, institutions and agencies that
aren't elected get the power to make decisions for
the public, which makes people's lack of faith in the
political
system
even
worse.
Politicians
deliberately remove "POLITICS from POLITICS,"
which lowers our expectations in this regard. They
outsource decision-making to non-elected but top-
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down bodies with a neoliberal view of POLITICS
and the belief that they have no real influence. This
has serious implications for how such decisions are
then publicly accounted for. Politicians, as Lord
Falconer explains, delegate decision-making to
others because they don't believe they can already
govern themselves effectively and, most
importantly, that they are acting in the public's best
interest.9 We can view such actions as an
expression of the belief that there is no real
influence on the political decision-making process.
Sadly, this does not go hand-in-hand with an
awareness of the socially perilous consequences of
spreading such a mindset, which results in the
destruction of the public sphere.
Assuming that lawmakers are subject to strong
vested parties, which prompts their actual
crippling, they can all things considered, because of
present day media, recreate their impact on
dynamic cycles in the open arena. In order to self-
promoter,
politicians
contribute
to
the
reproduction of a system that does not actually
help the political representation of social interests.
Instead, it promotes solutions to a problem that are
presented as effective in terms of economics, but in
reality, they serve the interests of symbiotically
connected dominant groups. This activity can even
be considered particularly harmful. Populists use
the detachment of political elites from the needs of
the "people" to argue that party leaders are guided
by their own interests rather than those of society
in their decisions and actions. POLITICS is
portrayed negatively as a result of this. This view is
further supported by the belief that the majority of
politicians lack the expertise and competence
necessary to effectively control the formulation
and implementation of particular policies; as well
as the unjustifiable cost of their insistence on
maintaining an outdated, ineffective bureaucracy.
It is difficult to demonstrate that the modern
political class is more focused on its own
motivations and actions on its own self-interest,
but the irony is that this is a common political view,
on which the modern depoliticization trend
appears to rest. In this view, POLITICS is a
pathogen for which depoliticization is an Antidote.
As decision-making has been delegated to
independent bodies, POLITICS has become
depoliticized, with the majority of decisions largely
hidden from effective public scrutiny. As new
actors and challenges emerge, the decision-making
processes have become more complicated.
Increasingly, political rivalry is being condensed to
the level of a beauty contest between candidates,
who no longer make reference to substantive
political arguments or political beliefs in order to
differentiate themselves. The public sphere must
be recreated if POLITICS is to be revived. In Antis,
one of the fundamental issues is that significant
political decision-making has been delegated to
non-elected organizations that are not accountable
to the public. As a result, the adopted solutions lack
democratic political legitimacy and citizens are
unable to publicly voice their concerns about
issues. The major inquiry then, at that point,
remains: How could the political elites have co-
created such a derogatory image of themselves?
Naturally, they cannot be held directly accountable
for it. However, they have made a significant
contribution to that by adopting the worldview
that is influenced by public choice theory and states
that political actors' pursuit of narrowly and
selfishly understood short-term profit is the
essence of democratic POLITICS. When viewed
from this perspective, POLITICS should be
restricted because it serves no public interest.
Ironically, we will support the transfer of decisions
concerning us to external bodies in the name of the
public interest if we believe in it. It is only that, en
route, we likewise lose effect on the approach
molding process. Without any real democratic
control, the decisions are made. Additionally, it has
significant repercussions for our democratic
political culture, regardless of whether we agree
with them. If politicians themselves consider
POLITICS to be a disease for which depoliticization
is the cure, it shouldn't come as a surprise that
ordinary people stop being interested in it and
even have a negative perception of it. It is even
more understandable that as the sociopolitical
system becomes more complex, the less they
understand it and do not know where important
decisions are made; they also believe that
politicians themselves are simply more susceptible
to corruption.
Anti-POLITICS culture has been significantly
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influenced by the widespread belief that politicians
prioritize party interests and media spectacle over
socially useful activities. Despite the fact that the
ongoing retaliatory attacks serve to discredit
POLITICS in the eyes of voters, they unquestionably
contribute to the formation of political capital
—
both for individuals and for parties. Minority
groups are no longer able to rely on adequate
articulation because political campaigns that are
tailored to the median voter have reduced their
presence and their interests in the political sphere.
In addition, the majority of citizens view politicians
and POLITICS through the lens of the media rather
than through the experience of direct contact. It is
paradoxical that the emergence of 24/7 media and
social media did not raise people's political
awareness because the quality of the information
provided significantly decreased as a result of the
pursuit of profit and customers. As a result, the
mass audience was given precedence over the form
and content of the media message. Because of this
demand, we receive a satirical portrayal of
POLITICS that is simplified and emphasizes its
negative aspects. Citizens' political cynicism grows
as a result of focusing on this aspect of politicians'
work. The modern man is less of a citizen who
understands the collective nature of POLITICS and
more of a consumer who is focused on satisfying
his narrowly understood, selfish interests.
Under the pressure of competition and the desire
for financial gain, the media lower their standards
and unite into international media conglomerates.
In a time when the media have become the primary
source of political information, the quality of news
coverage is deteriorating, resulting in messages
that are distorted and simplified while the
complexity of POLITICS grows. The distinction
between the message and the commentary also
disappears in tandem with this. Feeling focused
media promote a culture of hatred, and writers
frequently construct their situation Artery to the
lawmakers whom they depict in a pessimistic light,
like hoodlums who should be continually observed
and kept a watchful eye on. Last but not least, the
media reinforces the idea that POLITICS is a
marketplace and that citizens have a right to be
angry when their expectations are not met; or as a
sporting competition ground with a single winner.
How does this relate to POLITICS, which is seen as
a complicated decision-making process that takes
into account a variety of perspectives, motivations,
and expectations? It has no resemblance
whatsoever to a debate that is understood to be a
public reflection of sane citizens. Market
expectations for products are generally not the
same as those in the open arena. Rather than
participation
and
shared
responsibility,
demanding attitudes prevail. Our modern
dissatisfaction
with
POLITICS
is
largely
attributable to our artificially raised, unrealistic,
and exaggerated expectations of what we are
entitled to expect as consumers. Consumers make
their decisions based on straightforward logic.
They can shop elsewhere if a store does not carry
what they expect or they dislike the store. We can
only change the course of events in POLITICS by
acting and speaking. This lets us talk about our
fears and try to understand other people. Sadly,
this means that participation and exit costs are
significantly higher than on the market. Most
people don't like to put in a lot of effort for a small
reward. A common strategy for overcoming
challenging circumstances is to shift responsibility
onto others. POLITICS is about more than just being
able to express one's views; expressing one's
opinions is only the beginning. It is likewise the
craft of paying attention to other people. POLITICS
is more like an agora than a market, where
subjective beliefs and reasons must be accepted by
everyone, so it cannot be reduced to the purchase
of goods by individual consumers. The process of
coming up with a collective solution to particular
issues is called POLITICS. It is difficult, but it is also
the most enriching human experience because it
requires going above and beyond one's own self-
interest.
CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD OF ANTI-POLITICS
The degree of disappointment with how the
framework functions in the ongoing institutional
shape keeps on developing. Some attribute the
problem to politicians and how the political system
works. In fact, ordinary people are becoming less
and less interested in the world around them and
less socially and politically involved, while
politicians are becoming more and more detached
from the problems of ordinary people. Others
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blame the citizens for resigning and not
participating in the political debate and changes.
Part of the reason why people are becoming
dissatisfied with formal POLITICS is that people
don't understand how POLITICS work and how
they are explained in discussions about democracy.
This is in part because public discourse portrays
POLITICS as a space for satisfying individual needs
rather than socially determined choices and
decisions. Party membership also falls as
confidence in the political elite and institutions
declines. The latter widens the scope of action for
professionals such as spin doctors, campaign
specialists, and others who treat citizens as passive
observers who should be mobilized as necessary in
response to the shifting circumstances. This issue
affects not only political parties but also non-
Political organizations, which rely on professional
campaign organizers rather than a large
membership. Citizens are also addressed here
because they are the audience that media
campaigns most frequently target and who, at best,
are expected to sign a letter or take part in a
planned demonstration. Instead of sending a
profound, analytical message, simple messages are
sent. The occasional participation of a larger
number of citizens in an organized "event," such as
a protest or rally, is required. This kind of
involvement is more of a way of life and a public
declaration than a serious, conscious one in the
political debate. Our involvement is fleeting,
scattered, and superficial. Political participation is
uncoordinated consumer activity.
However, political alienation can manifest in a
variety of ways and in a variety of settings. Even
though not all European countries exhibit such a
persistent tendency, the average participation rate
in European elections is lower than it was even a
few dozen years ago. Citizens who are raised in an
environment of distrust of politicians, skepticism
regarding
democratic
institutions
and
dissatisfaction with the operation of democratic
processes withdraw from voting. The decline in
membership in political parties is another sign of
alienation. They are now more like a hostage to a
system in which they don't have a lot of influence
on POLITICS. Utilizing the available marketing
tools, they place a greater emphasis on self-
promotional activities. Citizens are no longer
mobilized by ideologies but rather by campaigns
on specific issues, and only in limited forms like a
boycott, petition, or March. As a result, they are no
longer institutions of mass participation and
involvement. Such shallow and, most importantly,
momentary responsibility makes a minor
difference and leaves a somewhat disheartening
preference for legislative issues. Over the long haul,
this is incredibly unfavorable to a majority rule
POLITICS, as it isn't helpful for building an open
arena open to all individuals and perspectives.
The fact that unconsolidated democracies are not
the only ones experiencing a decline in confidence
in political elites and solutions demonstrates that
the problem is a disease of political understanding
and practice rather than a problem of old and new
democracies being divided. The political system as
a whole exhibits the signs of this disease, not just at
the level of the political party or POLITICS. The
media perpetuates the perception that POLITICS is
a so-called functional activity rather than an idle
and unproductive competition by focusing on the
negative aspects of the governing process. Today,
POLITICS is not respected because it is linked to
using public office for private gain. The value of
POLITICS has been significantly diminished in the
social sphere. It's connected to an activity that
doesn't make anyone proud; instead, one feels
embarrassed about it.
People have actually been removed from the
decision-making processes on matters that
concern them, regardless of whether we consider
this to be the result of imposing business logic on
political activity or more of an incomprehensible
persistence in a national and local corseting of
POLITICS in the face of economic globalization.
Because it satisfies the preferences of potential
customers, whom the media must strive for in
order to survive, they present us with a deformed
and cognitively simplified image of POLITICS in
their struggle for the customer. As a result,
POLITICS has come to be associated with party
marketing and self-service activities. At the same
time, under the pressure of complicity, the media
have lowered their standards and narrowed their
perspective to the point where they no longer serve
as educational resources. They focused on what
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would bring them a specific benefit in the form of
ratings and profits rather than the essence of
POLITICS
—
the possibility of confronting diverse
points of view and ideas and the process of
negotiating, agreeing, and making sometimes very
difficult choices in certain circumstances.
The blend of this large number of elements is
helpful for the rise of a political culture in light of a
doubt of lawmakers and legislative issues overall.
People don't take their civic duties seriously
enough as a result. There has emerged a society of
individualists who are so preoccupied with
themselves that they not only fail to recognize the
significance of participating in the community but
also appear to want to lose this ability. Naturally,
one could respond that politicians have always lied
and that money has always been a big part of
POLITICS. However, it appears that the mind and
the decline of civic practices are more to blame for
the current disease of democratic POLITICS. The
virus of self-realization has infected POLITICS.
Every person's purpose in life is precisely self-
realization, which is expressed through the art of
making individual choices and absolutizing a single
perspective, according to the prevalent myth of our
time. With such naive understanding of
individualism, POLITICS, whose essence lies in the
art of collective decision-making and harmonizing
various voices, is impossible. Because they do not
comprehend the fundamental nature of POLITICS,
people drift away from it and become dissatisfied
with their actions. The consumer's perspective
does not provide an answer to the question: how to
accommodate an irreconcilable circumstance, or
individual cases? Market logic and political logic
remain distinct. POLITICS is about resolving
conflicts. Simply putting your will into action does
not suffice. You also need to be able to hear other
voices and take them into account when making
decisions that are mutually agreeable.
The horizon of POLITICS is set by communication
skills, not by casting a single vote, as self-interest
necessitates,
despite
appearances,
others'
understanding. At each and every stage of the
political process, communication is essential.
POLITICS begins when it will is expressed, not
when it ends. In the meantime, everyday people
lose sight of the purpose of participating in public
activities. They are unaware that POLITICS has its
own internal logic and is not governed by an
invisible hand. POLITICS has its own grammar, and
the public sphere has its own specificity. The
majority of those involved in POLITICS must
possess the necessary knowledge and expertise for
a rational model to function. If not, there is a real
chance that they will fall victim to manipulation,
even by a small group.
POLITICS includes resistance in a complex social
world. It empowers the introduction of elective
answers for social issues and makes space for splits
the difference. All of this, however, necessitates the
existence of an appropriate institutional
foundation that will guarantee the provision of
appropriate information and highlight the range of
choices that are available. The citizen must first
choose who or what to cast their vote for before the
voice can be considered a powerful tool in
democratic POLITICS. This necessitates not only
the ability to listen, which is extremely important,
but also access to information regarding issues that
are being resolved. Disinformation and fake news
are becoming a problem in today's globalized
world. Even though it's hard to talk about
democracy falling apart, the issues listed above are
a warning that should be taken seriously.
Consider whether to establish new political
institutions that will limit the influence of business
groups on POLITICS while expanding and
diversifying the participation of citizens in public
life, or how to revive civic spirit and rebuild civic
culture. A greater degree of citizen participation in
the political decision-making process would not
only result in effective empowerment but also
educational benefits, as it would help citizens
comprehend the fundamental difference between
consumer choices and collective decision-making.
The trap of consumer thinking is that it maintains a
negative image of POLITICS because it views
individual choices as the only way to express
oneself. TV debates and academic commentaries,
among other forms of coordinated civic education
activities, are necessary to alter this picture. We
must redefine what citizenship means and create a
new public space.
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CONCLUSION
The widespread negative image of POLITICS is a
reaction to how it is practiced, not a negation, as it
might appear at first. We disagree with each other,
which is why POLITICS is a thing. POLITICS is a
decision between opposing values, interests, and
points of view. It frequently necessitates the use of
inherently limited resources that no one accepts.
Because it is a group decision-making process,
everyone must be concerned about the outcome.
Today's large, interconnected, and diverse
societies present a challenge for POLITICS. It is
intended to reflect our collective will, which is
difficult to pinpoint, changes over time, and
necessitates submission once expressed at the
level of a specific decision.
Our political institutions and debates have
remained stubbornly national in their substance
and content, despite the fact that our policies are
becoming increasingly transnational in nature
—
both in the sense that the issues that motivate us
politically must increasingly be dealt with at the
supranational level if they are to be effectively
resolved and in the sense that domestic processes
of political deliberation must take into account the
broader transnational context in which they find
themselves. This maladjustment is a very serious
issue in practice. We face increased cognitive and
political demands as a result of social and economic
shifts that, whether we like it or not, are becoming
increasingly multilayered and, as a result,
increasingly complex. The often-unintended
interactions between strategies implemented by
entities at various levels of multi-level POLITICS
are the source of the globalized world we live in.
Identifying
key
decision-makers
and
reconstructing
political
decision-making
processes, let alone democratic control, is
extremely
challenging.
Depoliticization
is
necessary because globalization has almost
become synonymous with political surrender,
which explains the significance of this. Lawmakers
allude to outside requirements in any event, when
they
appreciate
considerable
political
independence, developing the feeling of their own
and social feebleness as opposed to regarding it as
a test. Steering in the face of complexity is an
important part of modern political management.
Despite the fact that our conventional conceptions
of democratic thought do not correspond to this
reality, they must serve as a foundation for the
creation of new institutional solutions. These
adjustments must not only affect the institutional
sphere but also the way POLITICS is perceived and
the rules that govern it.
A democratic ideology is necessary for popular
POLITICS because it makes it possible to express its
complexity in a way that is understandable
—
albeit
at the expense of diminishing and distorting its
image. We encourage people to participate in a
variety of ways by bringing POLITICS closer to
them, which affect its increasing complexity and
opaqueness. As a result, inclusiveness may
paradoxically ultimately undermine democratic
POLITICS. To put it another way, the paradox is that
while democracy, with its claims of inclusivity,
needs to be understandable to the masses, the
ideology that aims to bridge the gap between
people and POLITICS misrepresents (and cannot
avoid misrepresenting) how democratic POLITICS
must work. POLITICS is democratic when public
decisions are the result of a complicated process
involving a variety of actors, both institutional and
non-institutional, who represent the broadest
possible range of views and interests. We can only
do this in order to challenge the monopoly of power
and regain faith in POLITICS and democracy.
All universalistic cases can by and by, best case
scenario, become an instrument of persecution.
Top-characterized
and
forced
rules
of
consideration in vote based system can effectively
combine the current power relations. To speak
with one another by any means, individuals should
accept uniformity and correspondence. To see each
other as co-chiefs and city-harmonies, they should
not just treat others as equivalent and similarly
skilled; yet additionally attribute similar epistemic
status to their situations as their own. Although
they should assume mutual equality and
competence, people should not assume that they
are equal in reality or have the same level of
communication skill. Despite their abstract
appearance, these guidelines ought to apply to each
and every public dialogue partner. Therefore,
developing a set of rules that allow for the
establishment of deliberative forums that are open
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to a variety of values, opinions, and communication
styles, as well as citizens who are competent in this
regard, is an extremely significant practical
challenge for democracy in the twenty-first
century. The degree to which the political system
has structures that enable it to conduct real,
inclusive, and politically binding debates is known
as deliberative competence. There is no ready-
made institutional solution that would guarantee
the fulfillment of these conditions. This can be
accomplished through a variety of institutional
configurations and by referring to the political
experiences of a specific society; any attempt to
constrain a complex communication practice is
simply unauthorized usurpation.
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