By Remy Kerwin letters of advice.
Dear Mohammad,
Your definition of democracy is brilliant especially because it involves the
fault of a country based on religiosity. Notice that I did not say ”
religious ” precepts but some kind of religiosity and fervour to discover
the double lives of politicians and sport figures that our society holds as
heroes.
Naturally, the United States of America comes to mind as a confusion of
religious affiliations, an extreme appetite for scandals and a Foreign
Policy that emphasizes covert and overt actions and reactions.
The most apparent quality of Mohammad’s language is its clarity, which comes
from an ordered mind and soul.
Mr. Mousalli believes that politics based on morality is the foundation for
true democracy. In one word : transparency.
The Ripple effect of US Double Standard shows us how the US foreign policy
has shaped the world into its actual mess by re-writing natural and previous
boundaries, by preaching peace and selling weapons at the same time, by not
interfering in stopping a massive catastrophe in Syria and Rwanda and other
places.
The Middle East and North Africa are burning to the ground, some fighting
factions armed by the Russians and others by the US. It seems that there is
an understanding of territorial influences.
Mohammad speaks of realpolitik as major corruption and corruption it is.
Mr. Mousalli is a very ethical, moral man and his own ethics have conducted
him to define democracy as based on morality, not religiosity, which is
hypocritical. How many tele-evangelists have abused the suffering masses to
enrich themselves ?
Here, Morality is seen as respecting the laws of the people as well as the
laws of one’s individual conscience. We have seen too many barbarians
without a conscience, such as Saddam Hussein who came to be the head of the
Iraqi people with the help of the US. There is no doubt that Assad and
Gaddhafi were psychopaths and yet, they were allowed to wound and kill in
total impunity.
Why ? the answer is because removing them would have gone against US
interests in the region.
I am very impressed with Mohammad’s description of Politics. Politics is the
conduit to democracy as it should be, untainted and transparent, reflecting
the views and demands of a particular people without outside interference.
Morality seen as transparency is the basis of trust. Let us remember how
low the concept of trust became in American politics after the Monica
Lewinsky affair. Bill Clinton lost face and respect and later a Sport
figure Tyger Woods lost his lucrative endorsements.
The United States of America was based on religious tolerance and plurality.
Unfortunately with the passing of time, these noble tenets have disappeared
into a mish-mesh of secrecy, a lack of freedom for citizens as demonstrated
by Edward Snowden’s files on espionage of ordinary people.
Mohammad also sees politics as an Art form. In fact, politics could never
be a science even though we are constantly repeating the past. A different
interpretation of politics is duplicity and prejudice.
I would like to borrow a quotation by Juan Rolando that comes from Adam
Smith ( 1723-1790 ) Renaissance man , educated in all subjects for my
conclusion: as so well seen by Mr. Mousalli ”
:Social and moral philosophies are interconnected “.
I am also working very hard to influence South Korea to think about its
social and moral responsibilities. At the end, pure democracy will remain.
