Wait, Wait, I Wasn’t Ready!
Source: Tony Blair Says Britain Should Rise Up Against Brexit – NBC News
“The people voted without the knowledge of the terms of Brexit,” the former British leader told a pro-European campaign group.
Translation: the people were too dumb to vote for the outcome that we wanted. This seems to be the sentiment very much in play in the aftermath of the U.S. elections, as the organized wailing continues like an Aretha Franklin rendition of the national anthem.
I’m unconvinced that you will find in the articles of democratic governments anywhere, such a thing as a ‘do over’ clause. The basis of any democracy is that the masses, unwashed or not, have the opportunity to have their voices heard via an election process that occurs on a regular basis. The simple reasoning for this accepted mechanism is so that scoundrels and incompetents can be removed from office without resorting to pitchforks and torches.
The idea that a single person or cabal of persons are better equipped to handle the direction of a nation’s affairs has been rejected with the advance of history. With the possible exception of Singapore’s Lee Kwan Yu, autocratic ruling monarchies are failures and have not been the preferred political model for successful democracies. Of course, that doesn’t mean that groups don’t try to perpetuate themselves through other means.
The enlistment of a supportive media is the main tool used by those who would like to continue with their allotted but expired time in power. This of course is a perversion of process because an independent media is supposed to hold office holders to account, not cheerlead for them when the voters reject them.
In the first world, there are no do-overs. There are long accepted methods of democratic political expression allowing the masses to have their say. The malcontents just can’t accept that.