Midterm elections
Last Tuesday the midterm elections were held throughout the country and, as it was said in the campaigns, people ended up voting for the candidate who seemed to be the least abusive, the least corrupt or the least incompetent.
The alarming thing is that if half of what was said during the campaigns is true, what kind of people are ruling us?
It is clear that democracy as a political system has many flaws. One of them is that it is supposed to favor the majority, but when there are many interests and money involved, there are small groups that manage to place their candidates to achieve their goals.
Throughout the world, more and more hard, extremist and intransigent rulers are seen. That is a defect of democracy, since once the candidate is elected, he/she will probably try to fulfill his/her campaign promises, but the fact is that he/she will literally "do whatever he/she wants."
An old adage says that it must be "A government of the people, by the people and for the people;" but to have it first you have to participate by voting.
From the time of ancient Athens, in Greece, the philosopher Plato said: "Voting is somewhat complicated for the population in general, and to do so requires a certain degree of education." It is a reality that in many parts of the world people vote without being well informed and choose the most charismatic, the one who seems more honest and even the most handsome.
Still, democracy works, and the best we can do is to give our opinion by voting, and calling the attention of the governors making calls or writing, if we don’t agree with what they do.
