What is Democracy?

民主制度 Democracy 民主是一种政治体系，其权力归属于人民，人民通过直接参与或选举代表行使权力。民主的核心特征包括： Democracy is a political system in which power is vested in the people, who exercise power through direct participation or through the election of representatives. The core characteristics of democracy include: 人民主权：人民是政治权力的最终来源。 Popular sovereignty: The people are the ultimate source of political power. 自由公正的选举：通过定期、包容且透明的选举，公民得以选择领导人。 : Citizens are able to choose their leaders through regular, inclusive and transparent elections. 法治原则：所有个人和机构均受法律约束并对法律负责。 The principle of the rule of law: All individuals and institutions are bound by and accountable to the law. 政治参与：公民享有投票权、参政权及参与公共生活的权利。 Political participation: Citizens have the right to vote, to participate in political power and to participate in public life. 权利保障：基本自由（言论、新闻、集会、宗教等）受到保护。 : Fundamental freedoms (speech, press, assembly, religion, etc.) are protected. 多元主义：多党派与不同观点和平共存、相互竞争。 Pluralism: Multi-party and diverse perspectives coexist peacefully and compete with each other. 问责与透明：领导人须对公众负责，政府行为接受监督。 民主的类型： Types of Democracy: 直接民主：公民直接投票决定政策（如全民公投）。 Direct democracy: Citizens vote directly to decide on policies (such as referendums). 代议制民主：公民选举官员代表其决策（如美国、印度、德国）。 Representative democracy: Citizens elect officials to make decisions on their behalf (e.g., the United States, India, Germany). 自由民主：结合民主制度与个人及少数群体权利保障。 Liberal democracy: combining democratic institutions with the protection of individual and minority rights. 社会民主：强调民主治理与社会福利政策的结合。 Social Democracy: Emphasizes the integration of democratic governance with social welfare policies. 与其他制度的对比： Comparison with other systems: 威权体制：权力集中于单一统治者（如君主制、独裁统治）。 Authoritarian system: The concentration of power in a single ruler (e.g., monarchy, dictatorship). 寡头政治：权力由少数精英掌控。 Oligarchy: Power is held by a few elites. 神权政治：以宗教权威为基础的治理模式。 Theocracy: A model of governance based on religious authority. 民主常与平等、正义、人权等价值观关联，但全球实践形式各异。批评者可能指出其面临的挑战，如选民冷漠、腐败，或多数决对少数利益的压制。 Democracy is often associated with values such as equality, justice, and human rights, but practices vary globally. Critics may point to challenges such as voter apathy, corruption, or the suppression of minority interests by majority votes. （译文在保持专业性的同时，采用符合中文政治语境的表述，如"代议制民主""问责与透明"等术语；通过分项列举和对比结构清晰呈现信息；末句补充"多数决"等术语以准确传递原文的批判视角。） (While maintaining professionalism, the translation uses expressions that fit the Chinese political context, such as terms such as "representative democracy" and "accountability and transparency"; Present information clearly through itemized enumeration and contrasting structures; The last sentence adds terms such as "majority decision" to accurately convey the critical perspective of the original text. ） Democracy is a system of government where power is vested in the people, who exercise it directly or through elected representatives. Key features of democracy include: Popular Sovereignty: The people are the ultimate source of political authority. Free and Fair Elections: Regular, inclusive, and transparent elections allow citizens to choose their leaders. Rule of Law: All individuals and institutions are subject to and accountable under the law. Political Participation: Citizens have the right to vote, run for office, and engage in civic life. Protection of Rights: Fundamental freedoms (speech, press, assembly, religion) are protected. Pluralism: Multiple political parties and viewpoints coexist and compete peacefully. Accountability & Transparency: Leaders are answerable to the public, and government actions are open to scrutiny. Types of Democracy: Direct Democracy: Citizens vote directly on policies (e.g., referendums). Representative Democracy: Citizens elect officials to make decisions on their behalf (e.g., the U.S., India, Germany). Liberal Democracy: Combines democracy with protections for individual rights and minority groups. Social Democracy: Focuses on combining democratic governance with social welfare policies. Contrast with Other Systems: Autocracy: Power is concentrated in a single ruler (e.g., monarchy, dictatorship). Oligarchy: Power is held by a small elite group. Theocracy: Governance based on religious authority. Democracy is often associated with values like equality, justice, and human rights, though its implementation varies globally. Critics may highlight challenges like voter apathy, corruption, or majority rule overriding minority interests.

打壓哈佛

貝森特力挺哈佛！怒批川普打壓教育是踐踏文明！哈佛事件引爆國會起訴風暴！Trump 打壓哈佛 in order to wipe out deep state peoplei American really too much waste a lot. They used poor countries money to waste. 美国人非常浪费。 Americans are very wasteful 截至2024年年底，日本的净外部资产达到了535.05万亿日元，比前一年增长了13%。但是呢，现在全球最大的债权国已经不是日本了，第一名是德国，中国大陆呢？还是位居第三，所以是日本34年来首次失去了全球最大债权国的地位，这个部分代表的意义是什么呢？另外呢，高盛的研究有说日本的长期国债殖利率飙升，日债崩盘了。就是美债大跌的幕后推手。所以日本以前是全世界最多的，比如说有高达533兆万亿就是兆，比如现在被德国赶过去吗？德国是569兆啊，那中国呢？排第三叫516兆，就中国在海外的资产有516兆.

日本贱民

原来台湾有很多的日本后裔， 本土的日本人是瞧不起这些人，外省人也瞧不起这些人，什么青鸟，熊样的，民进党员，都是日本贱民。 台湾的文化。最早只有原住民的文化，但人口不多，当时大概平埔族原住民大概只有六万人，高山原住民大概14万，加起来大概二十万, 我们家乡比较早来，我们1621年来，那时候好像全台湾汉族人口才1500到2000人而已，我们来开垦，那时候在荷兰的福利保护底下来开垦，我们刚开始来也没有武力保护，后来慢慢开垦，荷兰人来了以后， 花了十年统一台湾， 各个原住民以及村社的都向荷兰投降，还有战争武力解决这个问题。所以证明第一次是麻豆战争开始，武力统一，所以武力决定政权。第二次郑成功来了，带来大量的汉民族，再来到了康熙， 来了更多，所以变成说在基层底层里面有原住民文化， 但对汉人影响不大。然后再来看汉民族人口增加以后，变成台湾社会是中国文化，比如说中华文化也可以说中国文化也可以，英文不同还可以。清朝将近数百年，两百年，三百年的时间，都是中国文化为主体。然后到了这个日本来的时候，想要植入日本文化， 发展有困难。后来到193几年开始皇民化，日本为了要培育台籍日本兵，就告诉台湾人你不是中国人。不然怎么去杀中国人？到南洋去杀华侨，到大陆去杀中国人，当时的台湾人都是非常凶残的台籍日本兵，台籍日本兵被欧美媒体称作Formosa’s god。然后担任的是军属跟军府跟军人都有，日本的分类。军人一些，第二级军府，军人第三集，然后军属第四极。军属是杂役，杂役也要拿枪。军属负责运送弹药。军属要般资重，要般伤患。都是台湾人要做的，也要拿枪，还要上战场，因为你要守阵地，你不必攻，但你要守阵地。所以台湾人伤亡的比例也是蛮高的。可是他们心中已经被训练成“我是日本贱民”，我不是中国人。日本人不认为你是日本人，你自己认为你是日本人，不是贱民是什么？日本人一直不觉得台湾人是日本人，当时很多台湾人觉得我是日本人，你是日本贱民， 跟那个印度那首陀罗以下的贱民是一样的，台籍日本兵，当时有二十万。什么意思？台湾的年轻人口大概二十岁到28岁到35岁，这个年龄那顶多六十万。所以台籍日本兵在台湾的社会影响力很大。后来国民党来了。国民党蒋介石原谅这些人，以德报怨，所以日本兵从战败国变成战胜国。所以台湾人不承认自己是中国人，最大的原因不是什么民进党，不是什么教育，不是什么课本，那是国民党势力衰微以后，蒋介石所带来的中国化的元素退潮，蒋介石那个中国化的元素不是共产党那一套。所以退潮之后台籍日本兵的文化就浮上台面，就是“我是台湾人，我不是中国人，我是日本人一部分，不是中国一部分“。 这个观念就出来了，解决这个问题没有别的，只有武力统一。

Jeffery Sachs says

Antalya Diplomacy Forum Jefery Sachs: He's had a friend in that, and that is the CIA and the United States government. So this war in Syria did not come from Assad's repression. It did not come from Assad's dictatorship. This war came from a presidential order by Obama to overthrow Assad starting in the spring of 2011. We have a name for this program. It was Operation Timber Sycamore. The United States, together with other countries in this region, trained rebel fighters, especially jihadists, including those who had just taken power to overthrow the regime. This created chaos,600,000 dead in Syria in a war that has gone on for 14 years. The outcome of this war is what the CIA wanted back in 2011, which is that the Jihad group would take power in Syria after being armed by the United States. The reason I want to be clear about this is that we will not have peace in this region. Until we have public diplomacy that is based on real diplomacy, not on CIA operations, and we will not have peace until Israel stops its militarization of the entire Middle East. Because the Syrian war is just one of six wars that Israel has promoted, including in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Sudan. We had the list actually from Wesley Clark back in 2000. One, when he was handed a paper in the Pentagon that the goal was 7 wars in five years. The only war that hasn't taken place yet, to Netanyahu's great consternation, is the US war with Iran, which Israel is still trying to instigate. To this very day. So the Syrian war is part of a regional tragedy. We have tragedy in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan and Libya that I put at the hands of the United States government. Li Israel, because none of these wars had to happen. These were all wars of choice. They were all wars that came from the idea of regime change operations, 由美国决定哪些政权可以运作。只要像美国这样的外来帝国势力在这个地区主导规则，这个地区的国家就永远不会有和平。实现和平的唯一方式，是这个地区能够自主决定自己的未来，而不是由外部力量操控。以色列根本无法独自发动这些战争。这些是美国的战争。美国提供资金、军事支持、海军支援、情报行动与弹药。没有美国的支持，以色列连一天都打不下去。以色列不可能在没有美国全力配合的情况下在加沙实施种族灭绝。我不是说政治上的配合，我说的是每天、直接、实际的操作配合。这必须结束。 这个地区已经被分裂了一百年，先是被大英帝国，然后是美利坚帝国，而这一切至今仍在继续。我们身边正在发生一场种族灭绝。直到今天早上，还有人被肆无忌惮地杀害，这一切都是因为美国在提供实施手段。 这就是叙利亚正在发生的事情。美国是在防御吗？我知道——顺便一提，这是我亲身知道的——2012年，联合国秘书长潘基文任命前秘书长科菲·安南为叙利亚和平特别特使。我很敬爱科菲·安南，也很敬佩潘基文，我曾为他们二人工作。科菲·安南在2012年促成了叙利亚的和平。他真的促成了和平。你知道为什么最终没能实现吗？因为所有相关方都同意和平，除了一个。只有一个，就是美利坚合众国。美国说，除非巴沙尔·阿萨德在协议第一天就下台，否则就不会有和平。其他方回应说不行，不能你说了算，也许我们可以有一个过程，也许通过选举达成一致，也许是一个两年、三年的过渡过程。美国说不行，阿萨德必须第一天就下台，否则我们就否决整个协议。于是，科菲·安南辞去了他的职位，而自那之后已经有50万人死亡。 我们不能让这种罪行变成正常现象。这个地区持续不断地陷于战争，已经有30年，甚至可以说至少有57年——自“六日战争”以来，因为国际法从未被诚实对待，外交从未真正起作用，一切只是军事化。如果我们真心想要和平，现在立刻就能实现。就我个人的观点，只要美国不再否决巴勒斯坦成为第194个联合国成员国，整个地区就会实现关系正常化，区域战争就会停止。但以色列掌控了美国的政策，并坚决反对。它想要“大以色列”，它想要拥有叙利亚、黎巴嫩、约旦河西岸、耶路撒冷和加沙。只要这种扩张主义不停止，我们就不会有和平。 所以，美国是在防御吗？当然不是。它是整个战争的主要推动者，过去14年来一直如此。 我不是在否认叙利亚人民的能动性，我是在说相反的事情。别天真。不要以为60万人是因为阿萨德和抗议者之间的冲突而死的。这是一场战争。战争是昂贵的，它需要数十亿美元，需要大量武器。我不是在说阴谋论，我是在说一个真正的阴谋。你们应该都知道。去查查“枫木合欢行动”（Operation Timber Sycamore），搞清楚你们这个地区发生了什么。 如果你以为叫来中央情报局（CIA）就能实现这个地区人民的主权意愿，那你就大错特错了。这个地区已经被英国、法国和美国操控了一百年，自《凡尔赛条约》以来。只要美国还通过操控和战争介入这个地区，这里就不会有安全与和平。 你们都说，是以色列在干这些事。但我说的就是同一回事。这也正是“枫木合欢行动”存在的原因。这不是一个独立的事件，这是整个原因所在。 我绝不会贬低人民的能动性。我说的恰恰是相反的。如果你以为你所谓的“大朋友”美国会帮你实现目标，会按照你的意愿行事，那你就错了。帝国分而治之。美国不是在为土耳其、叙利亚、黎巴嫩或其他地区国家服务。 如果你说，是的，我们想制衡波斯或伊朗，那你就叫来美国帮忙。你以为这会有好结果？不会。这地区有三个主要力量：阿拉伯世界、土耳其世界和波斯世界。千百年来一直如此。我曾对伊朗外交官说，伊朗有5000年历史，他们纠正我说是7000年。这是一个很长的故事。你不需要美国来替你“从火中救栗子”。 而且，不要相信这场战争是由叙利亚人民的意愿发动的。对不起，我不是在贬低叙利亚人民，恰恰相反。我知道发生了什么，我知道我的国家做了什么，我也怀疑你们大多数人也知道。我们不能忽视这一点，因为战争会持续，直到我们拥有真正的、而不是伪装的能动性。 顺便说一句，现在根本没有“国际社会”。我们正在努力建立，但它目前并不存在。这是现实的悲剧。在这个世界上，存在的是利益、军队、政权更迭的行动，而不是一个真正的“社区”。 我们需要一个真正的国际社区。顺带一提，我已经为联合国无偿工作了25年，因为我相信这个理想，这是我毕生的承诺。所以我确实相信国际社会的可能性。我也确实知道，美国在2012年阻止了那个和平协议。很遗憾，我不愿再展开。 that the United States would determine which regimes operate. Which countries will never have peace in this region if outside imperial powers like the United States are dictating the terms to this region? The only way to have peace in this region is if this region is determining its own future, not outside powers. And Israel could never do these wars on its own. These are American wars. America provides the financing, it provides the military backup, It provides the naval support, It provides the intelligence operations. It provides the munitions Israel couldn't fight for one day without the United States backing. Israel could not be committing a genocide in Gaza without the United States full operational complicity. I don't mean political complicity. I mean direct, daily operational complicity. This has to end. This region has been divided for 100 years, first by the British Empire and then by the American Empire, and this is going on until today. We have a genocide going on right next door. Until today, till this morning, people being wantonly killed, brazenly killed, because the United States is providing the means for this. So this is what's happening in Syria. Is the US on defense? I know, By the way. First hand that in 2012 UN Secretary General BanKiMoon. Appointed former Secretary General Kofinan as special envoy to reach a peace in Syria. I loved Kofinan, I love BanKiMoon, I work for both of them. Kofi Annan arranged a piece in 2012. He arranged the peace in Syria. You know why it didn't happen? Because all the parties agreed to peace except one. Literally one that was the United States of America. The United States of America said there will be no peace unless Bashar al-Assad goes the first day. The other party said no, no, you can't just determine that. Maybe there'll be a process, maybe there'll be elections, agreed. Maybe there'll be a two year process, a three-year process. The United States said no, Assad must go on the first day of any agreement, or we block it. And so Kofi and I stepped down from his position after having negotiated a peace arrangement, and we have had 500,000 people dead since then. We should not allow this kind of criminality to be normal. This region has been at war nonstop. For 30 years, actually, I would say for at least 57 years since the Six Day War, because there has been no. Honest. Accounting of international law? No Honest. Diplomacy, it's been militarization all the way through, and we could have peace immediately in this region. All that is required, in my view, is the United States change its veto of Palestine as the 194th. Un Member State, because on that basis all the region would normalize relations and the wars all across this region would stop. But Israel has had control over U.S. policy and it says no. It wants Greater Israel, it wants Israel and Syria, it wants Israel and Lebanon. And it wants Israel and the West Bank, it wants Israel and Jerusalem, it wants Israel and Gaza. And until that stops, we're not going to have peace. So is the US on defense? Of course not. It's the major protagonist of this whole war and has been for the last 14 years. I am not discussing the agency of the Syrian people, I'm discussing the opposite. Do not be naive. Do not think that 600,600 thousand people died because of Assad and the protesters. This was a war. Wars are expensive. They require billions of dollars. They require armaments. And I'm not talking about a conspiracy theory, I'm talking about a conspiracy. And you should know everybody. Go look up Operation Timber Sycamore, understand what happened in your region. And if you think that calling in the CIA is gonna do the bidding of agency in this region, you are sadly mistaken. This region has been manipulated by Britain, France and the United States for 100 years since the Versailles Treaty. It will not have safety or peace until the United States is out of this region through manipulation and war. You all say, well, it's Israel doing this. It's the same thing I'm talking about. It's the same reason for operation. Member Sycamore. It's not an independent fact, it's the reason why this happened. I'm the last to denigrate agency. I'm telling you exactly the opposite if you think your big friend the United States is gonna do your bidding and help you get your way. Empires divide to rule. They are not doing the bidding of Perky or Syria or Lebanon or anybody else in this region. And if this is, yes, you want to balance Persia or Iran, you call in the United States. To do that and you think this is gonna work out well, It's not gonna work out well. This region has three major powers, the Arab world, the Turkish world and and and the Persian world. It's been more than 1000 years this way. I said to Iranian diplomats that Iran has been 5000 years. I was corrected 7000 years. It's a long story. You don't need the United States to pull the chestnuts out of the fire. And don't believe that this happened because of agency of the Syrian people. I'm sorry, I'm not denigrating the Syrian people, just the opposite. I know what happened. I know what my country does. I suspect most of you do too. And it should not be ignored because the wars are gonna continue until we have real agency, not pseudo agency. And by the way, there is no international community. We're trying to make one, but it doesn't exist right now. That's the tragedy. In this world, there is no community. There are interests, there are militaries, and there are regime change operations. This is not a community. We need a real community. And by the way, I have given my volunteer time to the UN for 25 years because I believe in it. It's my life commitment. So I believe in community. I also happen to know that the United States blocked the agreement in 2012. I'm sorry, I won't elaborate. 5/28/25 Like the Middle East in Israel's image, overthrow every government that opposes Israel. He's had a friend in that, and that is the CIA and the United States government. So this war in Syria did not come. From Assad's repression. It did not come from. Besides dictatorship, this war came from a presidential order by Obama to overthrow Assad starting in the spring of 2011. We have a name for this program. It was Operation Timber Sycamore. the United States together. With other countries in this region trained rebel trained fighters, especially jihadists, including the ones that just took power to overthrow the regime. This created chaos. 600,000 dead in Syria in a war. That has gone on for 14 years. The outcome of this war is what the CIA wanted back in 2011, which is that the jihad group would take power in Syria after being armed by the United States. The reason I want to be clear about this is that we will not have peace in this region until we have public diplomacy that is based on real diplomacy, not on CIA operations. And we will not have peace until Israel stops its. Militarization Higher Middle East because the Syrian war is just one of six wars that Israel has promoted, including in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Sudan. We had the list, actually, from Wesley. Clark back in 2001 when he was handed a paper in the Pentagon that the goal was 7 wars in five years. The only war that hasn't taken place yet, to Netanyahu's great consternation, is the US war with Iran, which Israel is still trying to. Instigate to this very day. So the Syrian war is part of a regional tragedy. We have tragedy in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan and Libya that I put at the hands of the United States government. Ally Israel. Because none of these wars had to happen. These were all wars of choice. They were all wars that came from the idea of regime change operations that the United States would determine which regimes operate in. Which countries will never have peace in this region if outside imperial powers like the United States are dictating the terms to this region, the only way to have peace in this region is if this region is determining its own future, not outside powers and. Israel could never do these wars on its own. These are American wars. America provides the financing, it provides the military backup, it provides the naval support it provides, the intelligence operations it provides. The munitions Israel couldn't fight for one day without the United States backing. Israel could not be committing a genocide in Gaza without the United States full operational complicity. I don't mean political complicity. I mean direct, daily operational complicity this has. The end. This region has been divided for 100 years, first by the British Empire and then by the American Empire, and this is going on until today. We have a genocide going on right next door. Till today, till this morning. People being wantonly. Brazenly killed because the United States is providing the means for this. So this is what's happening in Syria. Is the US on the fence? Hardly. It's the major actor. I know, by the way, I know first hand that in 2012 UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Appointed former Secretary General Kofi Annan as the special envoy to reach a peace in Syria. I loved Kofi Annan, I love Ban Ki Moon, I work for both of them. Kofi Annan arranged a peace in 2012. He arranged a peace in Syria. You know why it didn't happen? Because all the parties agreed to peace. Except one. Literally one. That was the. United States of America. The United States of America said there will be no peace unless Bashar al-Assad goes the first day. The other party said no, no, you can't just determine that. Maybe there'll be a process, maybe there'll be elections, agreed. Maybe there'll be a two year process, a three-year process. the United States said no, Assad must go the first day of any agreement or we block it. And so Kofinan stepped down from his position after having negotiated a peace arrangement and we have had 500,000 people dead since then. We should not allow this kind of criminality to be normal. This region has been at war nonstop. For 30 years, actually, I would say for at least 57 years since the Six Day War, because there has been no. Honest. Counting of international law, no honest diplomacy. It's been militarization all the way through, and we could have peace immediately in this region. All that is required, in my view, is the United States. Change its veto of Palestine as the 194th UN member state because on that basis all the region would normalize relations and the wars all across this region would stop but Israel has had control of over U.S. policy and. That says no. It wants Greater Israel, it wants Israel and Syria, it wants Israel and Lebanon, it wants Israel and the West Bank. It wants Israel and Jerusalem, it wants Israel and Gaza. And until that stops, we're not going to have peace. So is the US on defense? Of course not. It's the major protagonist of this whole war. And has been for the last 14 years.