Kalmar ‘demokraɗiyya’ ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Helenanci ta zamanin da ‘demos kratos’, wacce ake fassarawa cikin sauƙi da ‘ikon jama’a’. Bisa ma’anarta, tana nufin cewa ikon yin dokoki da ƙa’idoji yana hannun jama’a, watau su ne ke riƙe da iko (sovereignty). A ka’ida, duk jama’a za su bayyana ra’ayinsu kan yadda ya kamata a tafiyar da al’amuransu, domin su ne suka fi dacewa su yanke hukunci kan abin da ya fi amfanar kansu. Sai dai a zahiri, hakikanin demokraɗiyya ya yi nesa da wannan.

The word ‘democracy’ derives from the ancient Greek term ‘demos kratos,’ roughly translated as ‘people power.’ By its definition, it means that the authority to legislate rules and laws lies in the hands of the people, i.e. it is they who hold the sovereignty. In theory, all the people would voice their opinion on how their affairs should be run, as they would be in the best position to judge what would be best for themselves. However, the reality of democracy is far removed from this.

A gaskiya, dimokuradiyya tsari ce da ke ɗaga ɗan Adam zuwa matsayin Allah ta hanyar ƙarya. Sakamakon haka, mutum mai rauni, mai saɓani kuma mai iyaka, ana ba shi iko ya tsara abin da yake daidai da abin da ba daidai ba. Don haka, bisa ga son zuciya da sha'awar mutane, da kuma la'akari da son kai, kuskure da jahilcinsu, ana yin dokoki don wasu mutane su bi. Saboda haka, direban bas zai iya da magana a kan manufofin tattalin arzikin ƙasa, mai gyaran takalmi zai iya umurtar yadda ya kamata a tsara gwamnati, kuma ma'aikacin gidan abinci za a tambaya mafi kyawun hanyar tsara manufofin ƙasashen waje - duk ba tare da la'akari da ko suna da wani ilimi game da waɗannan batutuwa ba. A bayyane yake cewa tsarin da ke fitowa daga irin wannan tsari zai cika da kurakurai.

In actuality, democracy is a system which falsely elevates human beings to God-like status. As a result, the weak, contradictory, limited human being is conferred the power to propound what is right and what is wrong. So, on the weight of people’s whims and desires, and taking into consideration their prejudices, fallibility and ignorance, laws are made for other people to follow. Thus, a bus driver could have a say in a country’s economic policy, a cobbler would be able to dictate how the government should be structured and a waiter would be asked for the best way to organise the foreign policy - all regardless of whether they had any knowledge whatsoever about the subjects. Clearly, the system arising from such a process would be full of inadequacies.

Haka kuma, babu iyaka ga abin da za a iya yin doka a kansa a cikin wannan tsarin da mutum ya ƙirƙira, muddin rinjayen mutane sun amince. Ta haka ne dimokuraɗiyya za ta iya halasta mafi munin laifuffuka - kamar zina, luwadi, miyagun ƙwayoyi da sauransu.

As well, there is no limit to what could be legislated in this manmade system, as long as the majority agreed. In this way, democracy can legitimise the most heinous of crimes - such as adultery, homosexuality, drugs etc.

Hakika, kamar yadda tsoffin Helenawa suka koya, kafin su watsar da shi a matsayin hanyar da ba ta yi aiki ba wajen shirya al'umma, gaskiyar dimokuradiyya tun asali ita ce ta wasu mutane kaɗan suna ba talakawa umarni. Haka lamarin ya kasance, kuma har yau yana nan a kowace ƙasa 'mai dimokuradiyya' a duniya, mulkin mafi yawa ta hannun ƙaramar tsiraru na 'yan siyasa da ke tuƙi ta hanyar son cika muradun kansu.

Indeed, as the ancient Greeks learnt, before they discarded it as an ineffective way to organise society, the reality of democracy from its conception was that of a few individuals dictating to the masses. It was, and indeed remains so until today in every ‘democratic’ country in the world, rule of the majority by a minority of politicians driven by the desire to fulfil their own interests.

Ta haka ne ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa yanayin da duniya take ciki a yanzu ya nutse zuwa irin wannan matsayi mara kyau. Karɓar akidar Jari-hujja, wadda ke cike da rashin daidaito kuma masu arziki da masu iko ke amfani da ita a matsayin kayan aiki don cin zarafi da sarrafa arzikin duniya, ta yi illa sosai. Sakamakon a bayyane yake ga kowa, kuma barnar da ke biyo baya tana yaɗuwa zuwa dukkan sassan duniya da dukkan ɓangarorin al'umma.

And so, it becomes clear why the state of affairs that the world currently finds itself in has sunk to such low depths. The adoption of the Capitalist ideology, riddled with inconsistencies and utilised as a tool by the rich and powerful to exploit and control the world’s resources, has taken its toll. The outcomes are plain for all to see, and the havoc that results pervades all parts of the globe and all sections of its community.