Dangers of Activistocracy

 

A while ago I wrote an article about dangers of Technocracy where scientists have full control over society. Later I also wrote why more moderate and liberal Techno liberalism is good compared to outright Technocracy.

However, dangers to democracy come in many forms. No matter what one group takes full control over society, it will be bad for everyone else. No matter what one group has unlimited power, it is always a tyranny.

In our current democracy various organized social activists have a disproportionally large influence on the society and politics. 

The louder certain groups express their views the more influence they get. Convinced in righteousness of their actions, such groups shout down anyone who disagrees with them, labelling them with some insulting words. Loud minority controls the narrative and society. Silent majority cannot do anything against it.

Sometimes such groups get money from various interest groups in order to boost their message and make it an ever-present brainwashing noise in the public discourse. Sometimes these donors are hostile foreign powers, such as China and Russia who want to destroy the Western Liberal world from within and sponsor the most destructive and insane political movement they can find.

To make matters worse, various social norms make certain opinions easier to express compared to others. Its socially easier to condemn Donald Trump than speak in favor of him. There are several other things that socially easy to defend such as families, seniors, women and businesses. In contrast unemployed, men, homeless or employees are unfairly maligned by the press, making it near impossible to speak in favor these people's interests.

Activistocracy got stronger and more prevalent in 2010s but it existed before as well. 

Before we had people who were willing to defend silent majority against the loud minority. Most famously Ronald Reagan, but also Bob Hawke and others. Both Reagan and Hawke kept getting re-elected with huge margins despite detractors calling them what not. Reagan managed to fight and defeat activistocracy and is a true hero of democracy.

Unfortunately, nowadays politicians are too narrow minded and too scared of Murdoch press as well as few select activist groups with undue high influence, such as Hillsong Church, climate change activists or business consul. All that devolved democracy into tyranny of these select groups. They are getting undue benefits and rewards at expense of everyone else in the society.

These certain activist groups are clearly anti-democratic and harmful for society and country. They exploit the society for their self-interest and actively destroy lives of many people outside of these groups. We need to fight against such groups and limit their influence on society.

In addition to dissolving the News Corp, serious audit should be made into Hillsong Church, climate activists and other organizations. If they take any Russian or Chinese money, they should be banned and their leaders arrested. 

News Corp possibly also guilty of taking Russian money, that is something Putin will likely do to control the editorial policy in Murdoch press. 

Finally, business consul unlikely takes any money from external sources, but they represent interests of a small minority that are at odds with much larger society. They too have to be curtailed in their influence.