{"id":4947,"date":"2026-11-11T22:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/?p=4947"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:03:25","slug":"the-current-political-system-is-not-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/?p=4947","title":{"rendered":"THE CURRENT POLITICAL SYSTEM IS NOT DEMOCRACY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Major General (Ret.) K. H. Konstantinidis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/6432024089315474095\/2935518915895343298#\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjySJBC7hzDPaPDhKeqJ-te-l2Pb7Ne4H8SYhNI_2UQHgH2lI521WqfcB_BiCx9rY7YFOjAITGrD9xmar0kP1VCTZptdHFMLiXyH08Ndy7982clPTbkgj_BSlkfeyKviG-XgD5kYNmEDdGrIzJSteyWjdv8qqXzy7tK3LlbvoufBE7w9b_BDlH1lHlGiQ\/w101-h135\/20220717_213646.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7481481481481481;width:101px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.\u201d \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Winston Churchill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Main Advantages of Genuine Democracy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Freedom:<\/strong>\u00a0Safeguards individual rights and civil liberties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Equality:<\/strong>\u00a0All citizens are equal before the law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Popular Sovereignty:<\/strong>\u00a0The people participate in decision-making.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Accountability:<\/strong>\u00a0Those in power are answerable to the citizens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Justice:<\/strong>\u00a0The rights of citizens and minorities are protected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pluralism:<\/strong>\u00a0The free expression of differing opinions is permitted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Peaceful Transfer of Power:<\/strong>\u00a0Governments change through elections, not violence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The So-Called Democratic System in Greece Is Not Democracy, but Rather \u201cPartycracy,\u201d Because:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Incompetence and entrenched party patronage prevail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The public interest is subordinated to party interests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The will of the people is reduced to casting a vote every four years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transparency and accountability are absent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institutions have been discredited, and citizens have lost their trust in them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power has been transformed into a privilege reserved for a political elite, with nepotism as one of its dominant characteristics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political parties divide the nation and its people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The pursuit of votes has been turned into a commercial transaction, debasing the electorate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political parties have become medieval-style guilds that oppress and dominate the people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beyond all this, the aforementioned kleptocratic system is profoundly unproductive, even when compared with a centrally planned economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Further Disadvantages of the \u201cPartycracy\u201d System:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It obstructs long-term strategic planning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It perpetuates national division and contributes to the loss of national cohesion and strength.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It allows the activities of anti-national (communist), anarchist, and morally unscrupulous political parties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seizing power becomes an end in itself, as well as a means of personal enrichment and political deal-making.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It obstructs and undermines the administration of justice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It encourages scandals, corruption, and the squandering of public funds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It keeps the population living under conditions of uncertainty and fear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the threat posed by Turkey, the country continues to lose sovereign rights, while Hellenism&#8217;s international presence and influence steadily diminish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It lacks vision and has sunk into profound darkness, pushing aside the radiant spirit of Greece.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greek \u201cpartycracy\u201d in particular has failed by European standards, with the country ranking among the lowest in the European Union.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar decay characterizes all the so-called \u201cdemocratic\u201d parties of the West, which are unable to compete with China&#8217;s flexible model of governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The model of centrally directed state management, combined with the parallel freedom of private enterprise, as demonstrated in practice, brings about rapid development, excellent planning, and a sustained upward trend in the population&#8217;s standard of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Prevailing System of \u201cPartycracy\u201d Brings Nothing but Harm to the Country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is no coincidence that people who lived through the seven-year military dictatorship, despite its negative aspects and the suppression of certain freedoms of expression, continue to look back nostalgically on the economic growth, the completion of infrastructure projects (road construction and rural electrification), the expansion of industrial and agricultural production, the flourishing of trade, as well as the cultural boom and the overall improvement in the lives of the Greek people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>[In Brussels, I used to exchange the one-hundred-drachma Greek banknote at Belgian banks, and they accepted it willingly.]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the machinery of today&#8217;s regime\u2014which continues to be called \u201cDemocracy\u201d\u2014has now become so rusted that it needs to be dismantled and reorganized. It must be adapted to modern thinking and technology so that it can become equally, or even more, effective than the Chinese model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But How Can We Rid Ourselves of the Bloodthirsty Parasites of Partycracy, Which Have Clung Like Oysters to the Nation&#8217;s Body for Decades, Sucking Out the Very \u201cIchor\u201d of the Greek People?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our ancestors used to say:&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cEven the gods yield to necessity.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breaking point has been reached. Enough is enough. Change is imperative. The people are suffering and enduring hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But it is the people themselves who will bring about the overthrow of this system. The responsibility is theirs!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(11 November 2026)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Major General (Ret.) Konstantinos Konstantinidis<\/em><\/strong><br><em>Author \u2013 Member of the Society of Greek Writers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amphiktyon Blog:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/6432024089315474095\/1446400225053097935#\">http:\/\/www.amphiktyon.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amphiktyon Official Website:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/6432024089315474095\/1446400225053097935#\">http:\/\/www.amphiktyon.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Major General (Ret.) K. H. Konstantinidis \u201cDemocracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.\u201d \u2014&nbsp;Winston Churchill The Main Advantages of Genuine Democracy: The So-Called Democratic System in Greece Is Not Democracy, but Rather \u201cPartycracy,\u201d Because: Further Disadvantages of the \u201cPartycracy\u201d System: Similar decay characterizes all the so-called \u201cdemocratic\u201d parties of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/?p=4947\" class=\"more-link\">\u03a3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c7\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;THE CURRENT POLITICAL SYSTEM IS NOT DEMOCRACY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4948,"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions\/4948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amphiktyon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}