Democracy is often described as government for the people by the people and of the people. This was a simple understanding definition we were taught in our College days, but growing up, I understand democracy as just a fragment or word that does not exist.
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I remember the last time when there was a heavy hunger strike and people came out to speak for their rights, a lot of people got killed by the government command and a lot of them also lost their body parts. This life is really unfair to some set of people, and the people in power rule everything. My country happens to be the most corrupt in the world, with fewer job opportunities and people struggling to even survive to eat or even do anything, and when anyone comes to speak up for themselves, they get killed immediately just because they feel it is the right thing to do for the masses and to shut them up.
I feel this country is lawless, we see so many people lose their lives and nobody pro@ect anyone but the government ignore this even though we elected them into power and everyone sees it. Life itself is unfair when you are born to a low-average family, we need to strive to become a better person in what we do to become a greater version of ourselves.
The reality of life is that democracy does not exist in this generation, so we have to strive to become better people to support society since the government chooses to ignore the people's voice. Presently, the only way for survival for us, the lower people, is through the rich men creating opportunities and a safe place for us. I remember someone in my street got kidnapped, we all went to report to the Human Rights association and even the police but they ignored us my delaying every investigation because we refused to pay them when the kidnappers were demanding This really broke my heart, like why should we be paying money to the police to protect I don't understand again. This is how bad it is in our country.
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Since I was born till now, I have never heard the government follow people's complaints; instead, they do what they want, and if they want to do anything, they do it to their own advantage and pocket, which is really unfair to us all.
Even our freedom is limited, in a country where there is no freedom, how can democracy work or even exist? I am not gonna lie to myself, I have never witnessed democracy happen except during the election period and after that, they begin to treat us like animals, unlike we don't even exist to anyone or anybody.
I believe if there were true democracy, countries wouldn't have to struggle, and there would be peace, whereby everyone works together to support each other, and there would be freedom of rights to do and undo, but all this is limited because of selfish desires.
This is my entry to hive learners weekly prompt, week 181 episode 1.
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