“民主”一词源自古希腊语“demos kratos”，大致可译为“民众的权力”。从其定义来看，立法制定规则和法律的权力掌握在人民手中，也就是说，主权属于人民。从理论上讲，所有人都会就如何管理自己的事务发表意见，因为他们最有能力判断什么对自己最有利。然而，民主的现实与此相距甚远。

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.

事实上,民主是一种错误地将人提升到类似神的地位的制度。结果,这个软弱、矛盾、有限的人被赋予了判定什么是对、什么是错的权力。于是,依据人们的一时好恶和欲望,并考虑到他们的偏见、易犯错误和无知,制定出法律让别人遵守。因此,一名公交车司机可以对国家的经济政策发表意见,一名鞋匠能够指示政府应如何组建,一名服务员会被问及外交政策应当如何组织——所有这些人,无论他们对这些事务是否有任何了解。显然,由这种过程产生的制度必然充满缺陷。

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.

此外,在这种人为制定的体系中,只要多数人同意,可以立法的内容就没有任何限制。如此一来,民主制度可能使最恶劣的罪行合法化,例如通奸、同性恋、毒品等。

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.

诚然,正如古希腊人所认识到的那样,在他们最终摒弃民主这种组织社会的无效方式之前,民主从其诞生之初的现实就是少数人对大众的支配。直到今天,世界上每一个所谓"民主"国家依然如此:由一小撮政客以实现自身利益为驱动,统治着多数人。

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.

因此,世界目前所处的局面何以沦落到如此低谷,其原因便清楚了。资本主义意识形态充满前后矛盾之处,却被富人和权势者当作工具,用来剥削和控制世界的资源,其代价已经显现。其后果人人可见,由此引发的混乱遍及全球各个角落,渗透到社会的每一个阶层。

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.