Author: Shahid Bolsen

The concept of “legitimacy” is kind of ridiculous. Without genuine political independence there is no such thing as democratic legitimacy; no matter how many elections you have. If your government is actually the servant of unelected multinationals and investors, what does it matter if you elect them or you don’t? if you want legitimacy you…

Anytime a party becomes organized, it becomes committed to its own survival as a political player. This makes it immediately less confrontational and less concerned with revolution against the system and more concerned with its position within the system it also requires financial support. This need ties it automatically with the elite in the society…