For a few centuries already, the western world has a god, which has led it on all sorts of follies, Democracy.
Leadership is a popularity contest, and the judges are neither trained nor educated. They decide according to the most superficial and impulsive reasons.
In the United States, it's pretty easy to predict the winner in a presidential race. He's usually the taller candidate. The Kenndy-Nixon results were close, because JFK and Dick were the same height.
Yes, that means that Obama will probably defeat McCain, no matter what McCain does. The Republicans shouldn't blame Palin, which they're all set to do.
In Israel, it's even more complicated. That's because we don't elect leaders, we elect lists of candidates. The winners, all 120 Members of Knesset, then form into a coalition government by way of "deals." That's how what seems like a Right wing Knesset can turn into a Left wing government, which happened with Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon.
In Biblical time it was simpler. Religious leadership came from the Kohanim, Priestly Tribe, and the first Kings were chosen by G-d and anointed by Shmuel HaNavi, Samuel the Prophet.
How we need a Shmuel HaNavi now!
Chana knew that and it is why she prayed in Shiloh for a son, to be that Prophet. Join us in Shiloh to pray to G-d to bring us the Prophetic guidance we need in the upcoming elections.
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3 comments:
B"H
The bottom line is very simple: voting is sustaining Israel's "democratic" system. Unnecessary. Why? Because Jews have already voted for Hashem's Law in Sinai and any further vote can only lead to new "new testaments". Let's accept Torah Law and forget about voting for disgusting and arrogant human-made legislation: it is the face of tyrant today.
The answer is democratic oligarchy. People who have more stake in the government and society should get more power in voting. Especially if they pay more taxes than the rest. 1% of the country pays 40% of the taxes, but each person from this group gets the same voting power as a parasite whose main achievement in life was to figure out how to sign up for welfare? Are you kidding me?
Ariel, I still want to vote. I believe it's important to vote for the people who collect my taxes and repair the roads, etc.
Choosing the correct party is difficult, and I know that most people make their decision for the wrong reasons. yes, I'm in the minority. But this is the system we have, and I'm too pragmatic to ignore it.
And to you whose name is written in a way I can't read, Old time democracy only gave the vote to land owners. I don't think that's good, because then the poor have even less power.
The big problem is that here in Israel, various population sectors don't agree on anything basic.
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