Changing the System

People have aspired to change the system for the better. In developing countries, this aspiration is a mission. Films and other art forms have contributed indirectly to changing a system. The Media is positioned as the weapon to destroy the system. Many people believe that it is the media that will help in ushering in change in this world. Unfortunately, this is not true in the simplest sense. Change has to come within the system, more importantly from the PEOPLE.

A system is comprised of the people. A political democracy is built upon the aspirations of the people. The instituitions which advocate this is made up of people who are willing enough to get into the arena of political service. These politicians have the law to keep them in check, but inspite of that, we see Corruption as the stumbling block of every democracy. Corruption and the surrounding rigidness makes democracy quiet dysfunctional.

The above point can be remedied if people start to be vigilant and active in political decision making. If somethings have to be done, then it is the people who need to stand up and ensure they get it, within the proper parameters. Vigilant Democracy has to be the way now, not liberal democracy.

The reason I say this is because of the fact that Liberal cemocracies take Freedom for granted. If only people within the democratic setup become vigilant can democracy shatter its corruption as well as the rigidness. For this to happen, there are no shortcuts, only hard vigilance.

The Media should not be considered as a shortcut to change. Media functions as the path between the Citizens and the pillars of Democracy. It is upto the Citizens to travel that path, because in order to change the system, we HAVE to be IN the system. There is no other way. Apathy must be shattered, vigilance must be ushered, only then can we ensure that society and individuals function smoothly.