Posted by In the year 2051, European coal and steel community is going to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
There is a proposal to vote for either the grand grand grand grand …grandson of Catherine of Austria (Queen of Portugal) who would form a realpolitik based governance or for the grand grand grand grand …grandson of Maximilien Robespierre (most influential figures associated with the French Revolution ) who would form an ideologically based government. The chosen government is going to rule for an exceptionally very long term (beyond the usual term of 5 or 10 years).
Vote for your government on Tuesday 14-Nov-2017 in room A103 🙂
A glimpse on realpolitik and ideology based government.
Realpolitik is a political system that’s not based on beliefs, doctrines, ethics, or morals, but rather on realistic, practical ideas. “It’s the study of the forces that shape, maintain and alter the state is the basis of all political insight and leads to the understanding that the law of power governs the world of states just as the law of gravity governs the physical world”.
Realpolitik does appear to have certain perceived advantages over a more rigidly-structured political system. Chief among these is the flexibility of reaction which gives realpolitik its name. As no concrete limitations owing to definitive or construction of rules are inherently imposed, it would appear on the surface that realpolitik offers a fluidity, an unfettered nimbleness in response that regimented constitutions may not. It’s about balancing power – retaining the power and maintaining it throughout. The lust for power goes by many names: Leadership, Authority, and Governance. All in one way or another ultimately reduce to the power of the few controlling the lives of the many.
Rightly said, “The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”
On the other hand an ideology is a collection of ideas. These ideas are formed by the society for everyone to follow it equally for a unified vision. Typically, each ideology contains certain ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government (e.g. democracy or autocracy) and the best economic system (e.g. capitalism or socialism). Sometimes the same word is used to identify both an ideology and one of its main ideas. It’s about balancing ideas – take risk to encourage creative thinking.
Idea is to provide minimum basic salary to every citizen irrespective of their work status. The aim behind flattening growth rate is to support everyone for their survival in addition to also encourage them for creative thinking. Financial support helps reduce a lot of stress and makes one free from mental blockages, hence increasing the chances of innovative, creative thinking where one could think of replacing labour work with machines using automation. On the contrary, one may think, if there are more machines, humans might be left jobless. To handle this scenario, focus would be on manufacturing of limited number of machines, to retain the balance between jobs for humans and machines.
Source: Google.