Public trust and democracy

Given the situation's gravity, the question arises: Will there be any solution to all this?

Yes or no. Yes, democracy is not a cause but an effect of the current challenges in the West. It feels like the rule of a game-the rule is time-tested, fair, and functional, but the gamers fail gradually to abide by it, leaving the audience uninterested in watching and taking part in such a shoddy and distasteful game. Then, the game will be over.

However, it's important to remember that democracy is a resilient system that has weathered many storms in the past. With the right reforms and a renewed commitment to democratic values, it can continue to serve as a bulwark against the rise of anarchy and authoritarianism, ensuring the protection of individual rights and freedoms.

However, there are many loopholes in a democracy. The most significant is that unelected forces and unchecked players coordinate to sabotage a democracy to serve a few invisible but omnipotent and omnipresent interests. The other one is the growing and unlimited inequality in wealth distribution. If the former intensifies public mistrust, the latter causes public outrage and hate. Tightening up and closing many loopholes is needed more than ever and requires a significant overhaul operation. It is like repairing a faulty aeroplane while flying in it.

No, the current danger in democracy is too entrenched. Public trust in the integrity of political institutions and politicians is steadily diminishing. Impunity gradually gets the upper hand in undermining the integrity of legal institutions, which is one of the crucial pillars for exercising democratic rights, duties, and principles. For example, the way that the investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump has gone nowhere so far explains sufficiently that a democratic legal system in the US is no longer robust and reliable. It also throws the integrity of the upcoming US elections into question.

Now, the people in the West are offered two options: either the current system of democracy must be replaced with a better one, or the dying democracy must be accepted. Indeed, the first option is highly impractical, while the second is severely consequential. Perhaps the only hope lies in the people's political will and understanding that nobody saves them, save themselves. They must work from within the democracy to force game players to follow the rules while making them tighter to reflect the proven principles of democracy, consent of the governed, fairness and justice.