Loyalty and righteousness to the country is expected of everyone. The head of the family is loyal to his family. The other members of the family see and observe that the head is sincere, diligent and loyal to the family and they too will naturally be good and loyal. The workers are paid a fair salary and they must work hard and sincerely for the good of the company. The employer or boss must be loyal to his employees and does not exploit them . If any one party shows disloyalty be it the employee or the employer trouble will soon surface resulting in discord and adversity to everyone and the eventual downfall of the company.
In all western democracies and pseudo democracies that ape the west or US, loyalty and righteousness always have two faces and two standards. The people elect the leaders who pledge loyalty , responsibility and accountability to the people and country. The same leaders expect and demand that the people be loyal to them as elected leaders and to the government. But very often and it seems to be the norm that soon after being elected the leaders who form the government throw their pledge and thereby their loyalty and responsibililty to the gutter. It doesn't seem to be right when the people work hard and defend the country in true loyalty and sincerity but soon discover that they are exploited with all kinds of illicit harmful taxes and hemmed in in all corners, in all aspects of life resulting in deteriorating standards of livelihood and welfare while the elected leaders' lives are awashed with wealth and splendour and live in habitats of grand palatial villas well guarded and protected by armed guards with tax payers' money.
When elected government leaders exploit the people, the country and the economy for their own selfish ends they do not show any loyalty and righteousness and it will lead to the people's despondency and the cumulative result will be the end of the country though the wily unwise rulers may eventually fled the country with their ill-gotten gains.
Western type democracy is fatally flawed, wicked and lacks righteousness , responsibility and accountability and subject to abuses and vote buying. Under Western democracy system most leaders who commit grave serious mistakes do not need or bother to resign and are not sacked either. . A better alternative will be to see that no politicians are elected for more than two terms and no president, ministers inclusive of prime minister hold office for more than two terms too. All politicians [ especially elected members of parliament ] who stand for election are supposed to do so with open eyes to voluntarily and willingly serve the people and the country and when elected they should not be paid any salary except token allowance for after all they are still holding their normal jobs or doing their own business. Politicians who exploit the people, the country and the economy for their own selfish ends should have their ill-gotten gains forfeited, fined and imprisoned.
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