Nexus of Thought: What are the biggest threats to democracy in Western nations today?

Sunday, December 15, 2024

What are the biggest threats to democracy in Western nations today?

My answer in Quora.

Here are ten (not in any order)

Corruption of Key Institutions by ideologues
Two-tiered policing
Cancel Culture/Rampant Restrictions on Freedom of Speech
A media Industrial complex beholden to the power elites that spin stories around specific narratives
Election Fraud
Falling standards in public education
Equality of Outcome superseding Equality of Opportunity
Lax border laws leading to uncontrolled illegal immigration
Politically motivated District Attorneys
An overly regulated economy.

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My beliefs

I believe ….

1.That there is a God who transcends space and time. (I call it God for want of a name although I personally prefer the Kabbalistic term Ein Sof).

2. That it is impossible to know the nature of God. It cannot be truly defined.

3. That the universe operates according to the Laws of Physics. Life evolved through a combination of natural selection, genetic drift and other selection pressures acting on a genome whose variation arose as a consequence of mutation.

4. That God can intervene but such intervention is undetectable and does not contravene the laws of physics. God is a subtle actor who presents no evidence of understandable design.

5. That an agnostic position on a personal God makes sense.

6. That revealed religion are merely man made attempts at trying to understand God and although some carry the wisdom of earlier thought they are all inherently flawed.

7. That humans need to develop their own moral code based on reason, logic and the collective thinking of what has worked in the past.

8. That some religious customs may serve a purpose with respect to group cohesion but they need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

9. That God is a minimalist in action but not a disinterested party.

10. That the afterlife is unknowable.

11. That skepticism and the scientific method are the best tools we have in understanding the world.