>>228858Most people conflate the term "Democracy" with many other things such as Individualism, Freedom, Justice, equality and many other ideas that you would usually use with "liberal Democracy." Democracy could either mean all those modern ideas with liberalism or just use the term with a type of democratic government. Usually democracies take the form of multi-party parliamentary republics. I personally think that the term "Republio" should be separated from democracy when talking about political systems for a state. Modern democracy when said in any conversation will equate not to the political system of the people choosing their government but instead equates to all those liberal ideas instead. Republic comes from latin, "Res Publica" meaning that the government is a public matter, harking back to the Roman Republic. An illiberal Society. With the separation of those terms, I can make a point.
All types of governments are Oligarchies. Monarchies, Autocracies, Republics, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchyIf you have any kind of organization run by human beings there will always be a small group of people within it who have much more power than others within it. In government such as the US, compare the power of the Central committees of the two parties to the average lowly representative or single senator. In business usually only a few shareholders or family has say over a corporation or company. Even in a democratic government there will need to be a horde of unelected bureaucrats that have power within the system. In any type of organization there will always be a smaller group of people with more seniority, more resources and more power over that organization. It is a smaller issue of how the organization is run, what is of greater importance is who or what kind of people form that natural Oligarchy. In our case, as ethic nationalists or National Socialists we wish for the best, the strongest and most intelligent of our race to occupy that Oligarchy.
However, how that organization is run is critically important to the longevity of such a society (I.E forms of government). Usually people will flat out say their ideal form of government and say its the best because in the grand scale of human history there are instances of great successes with a form of government but also great failures. One cannot hold on to only one type of government forever. Different forms of government have different characteristics that make them good or bad depending on the situation or specific event. Monarchy/Autocracy, "Rule of one" is most talked about in our own circles because it is the form of government that is able to quickly make decisions and respond to crisis rather than the slowness of a republic. The crisis we face today in the west demands radical action and swift change in many of our own eyes. The side effect of autocracy is less talked about. Autocracy is like a powerful medication. It cannot be used for an extended amount of time without bad side effects. This is because Autocracy is simply the embodiment of the state within a single person. When talking about autocracies, people will point to the strongmen of history that led their peoples to greatness. Roman history during the Imperial Period reflects this immensely. You could have an emperor as great as Augustus, but great men do not emerge constantly. In autocracies the greatest problem is succession. Instability emerges every time it is time to pass on the leadership of the state. Usually in autocracy the strongest take control (usually on the back of the military). If you study the Roman Imperial period it is absolutely infuriating, simply because every time the emperor died there would either be a period of instability or crippling civil wars that would set back the empire just because the of the political system.
Republics on the other hand are the exact opposite. In general, republics are created to be slow. Republics are the most stable without any kind of external problem. Elections, an understandable code of laws or a constitution are the forms of legitimacy that everyone respects. Stability keeps the nation from radically changing into something different. The negative is that republics cannot respond quickly to crises when they emerge. Quick, rational and unbiased reaction to problems are not that possible in republics and especially multi-party republics because of the institutions that create laws and approve actions wish to stay close the political status quo as possible. Again with Roman history, the Roman republic is best example of the great successes of a republic and such great failures such as its fall and transformation into the empire. One thing not adapted into the modern age from Rome was the political office of Dictator. The Dictatorship was activated once there was a Crisis that threatened the republic. With a single person in control of the state and completely above the law that crisis or problem could easily be taken care of.
In the modern age we National Socialists and others like us face a tremendous struggle before us. We need radical change and as such autocracy should be used to build our ideal nation-states. In order to preserve these if we are triumphant is to have a republic that will not have our new states radically change in the future. But in order to respond to the turbulence of future history our states will have to flexible. All in all, I guess I didn't answer your question OP. Democracy in of itself is not a good term to use in all honesty. It is a simple term used to package all of modern post-enlightenment ideas of society. pretty faggy tbh