The Future of Democracy
in a Spiritless Society

The hardest thing you can face in your life is to be born in a democratic society. 

When you are 12, you figure out that there are dozens of ideologies in the world, and you need literally choose one, or combine them during life. When you are 14, that your state has tens of political parties, which have mostly the same political programs. When you are 16, you must understand all the jokes about the main politicians, ministers, civil servants, ex and future presidents, policemen, heads of state factories, businessmen, judges, and bankers of your country. And when you are 18, you have to be responsible for all of them in front of your citizens, and the international community… 

When Volodymyr Zelenskyi was elected as president of Ukraine, I was 17. I couldn’t vote, despite the fact, that for at least 4 years (before the next elections) from the moment I reach the age of majority, I will live under the leadership of this president, his parliament, the party's ideas, and the direction of development. I will face the new Russian invasion, new corruption scandals, 3 changes of the Cabinet of the Ministries, above the rule of people, I have never elected. But still, when I meet my foreign friends, take part in International discussions, and talk with my coworkers from the USA or Denmark, I have to admit, and I admit that Volodymyr Zelenskyi is my president, and I’m fully responsible for his speeches, his actions, his decisions. 

That, and exactly that distinguishes a spiritful society from a spiritless. When people are ready to fight for the democracy that hurts them, ready to defend corrupt systems with the dream that they will destroy the corruption on their own and not the occupant, and ready to allow their cities to be wiped off the face of the earth, but not to be named weak, or spiritless by be surrendered. 

The easiest thing and the rightest thing you can do in your life is to allow democracy to fall.

Welcome the idea, that you don’t need to think about politics anymore, about parties, politicians, debates, and dialogues. Now, you have more time to work, spend time with the family, and do hobbies. Everything in your country is translated into the local language, and you don’t need to spend dozens of hours learning English or German. You have to choose between 3 types of wine, not 30, and any service station has a part of your new car from the “national manufacturer”. Your government gives you wonderful offers to defend the national interests with free transfers abroad. And the main one: no responsibility! That’s not your army bombing the cities nearby, but the president’s, that is not your police violating Human rights, and not your government annexing territories. 

And when you decide to move to another country, it is also will be easy for you. Make a big banner with large words, visit 2,5 protests, find the mic, and say the word “Shame!”, name yourself an oppositionist, and the doors of the European Union and the USA will be opened for you. Together with family you will drink coffee in Copenhagen, live on grants that support the opposition, enter any great University, and even win an Oscar. Haters will say, that you have to fight with the regime inside your country, but don’t pay attention, they will soon be bombed by your compatriots.

Predicting the future of democracy in spiritless societies is easy. When your society gives up, democracy is already dead. And we should remember that: The hardest thing you can face in your life is to fight for a democratic society, and the easiest and the rightest thing you can do in your life is to allow democracy to fall.