Accountability

What is accountability? There is none in an autocracy, unless the King feels it is needed. 

Bu there is shame, or should be, in any system of governance.

When there is no shame, we end up with the Emperor's New Clothes kind of situation.

The damage done by Yes-men (gender-neutral) is enormous, in any system.

The bureaucracy by its nature has no spine. But others are expected to have it.

It took 25 days to show up the rulers for what they are.. 

Hope they reform themselves, so that we don't regress any more than we have already..

 

Wars at Will

 It's becoming a pandemic, with world leaders the most susceptible.

Starting wars, I mean. Look around in the last few years. More than any other problem, Coronavirus excluded, it's the manmade ones that are endemic. 

The Russian and the American (and a couple of others) heads of state seem to think it's their playground. They can get up one fine morning and declare a war. Or Abduct Heads of State.

The U.N. watches helplessly. 

If China were to take over Taiwan, the same jokers would preach differently. Or if North Korea were to attack South Korea.

A democracy should probably have a referendum, like that for Brexit, when an offensive is to be launched. The laws must hold a Head of State guilty for a war that nobody in the country wants.

Uprisings in Bangla Desh and Nepal have underscored that unpopular governments or leaders can be unseated by popular will. Some day, it might happen in the bigger nations.