• Democracy is an ideology that was based on linear logic and has since remained focused on individual rights. It was assumed that IF the civil liberties of the individual were maintained, then society would itself be equalized and free. This has not happened, specifically where economics and infrastructure has been deficient!
• The founding fathers had the abolishment of slavery as their main intent when writing the tenets of democratic principles. They had not dreamt that human society would attempt to use the same charter to equalize more than a few BILLION persons living in different circumstances and with different cultural backgrounds.
• The one segment that has shown CONSISTENT economic and social growth GLOBALLY within every democracy, is 'CRIME'!! Terrorism is the new beneficiary because it has integrated its operations with crime through commerce.
• Terrorism and crime are able to thrive specifically because of what they perceive to be the vulnerability and weakness of those that live within a successful Democracy. They are able to exploit the obsessive protection that is granted within a true Democracy to the rights of EVERY individual. This has resulted in TODAY'S PARADOXICAL situation where there is a greater protection available to the individual, whose rights now supercede the rights and needs of society. THIS WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS!
• While this is our chosen democratic model based on the theoretically correct ideology of democracy; we are aware that the result has been deficient. BUT we are handicapped by our inability to alter our thought process IF ANY change affects us in economic terms.
•  'Economics' has become our first 'unofficial' BUT 'sub-conscious' measure for democracy. Economics has come to represent, express and control almost all democratic values. This now includes "human values". It is unfortunate that there is an embarrassment to admit this fact; as its admission would create a more transparent methodology for equalization. This we have seen to be successful in Singapore and is perhaps the emulation model for China.
•  Special interest groups representing ECONOMICS have thus become controllers of democracy and are not even expected in anyway to represent the majority by number JUST THE MAJORITY IN ECONOMIC TERMS. Therefore any need for Economic change impairs our willingness to initiate that change.
•  THERE IS A DESPERATE NEED for the "re-interpretation of Democracy & its implementation process"; atleast for the developing world within South Asia. The very successful implementation of democracy in the developed world is NO LONGER RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE FOR SOUTH ASIA IN THE 20^TH CENTURY AND BEYOND WHERE THE NUMBERS, DIVERSITY AND DISPARITY OF CULTURES REQUIRES A DIFFERENT PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION EVEN IF THE END OBJECTIVE IS THE SAME!!
• Modern systems perceive and accept Democracy (even if it is deficient) as long as there is "economic freedom". It is clear that we perceive (& very correctly) that economic freedom implies an inevitable democratic freedom. (If we accept this reality, we then need to upgrade our definition and give economics its due place as the MAIN CRITERIA within the definition of Democracy.)
• It is also necessary to acknowledge that there is a rapidly rising and unsustainable economic cost for maintaining the traditional model of Democracy as per its charter and definition that is focused on the INDIVIDUAL.
•  We in Asia cannot afford this cost and as long as we attempt to EMULATE THE WESTERN MODEL of democracy and the same evaluation criteria we are destined to have WEAK democracies. Modern Democracy is not a static state IT REQUIRES a continuous economic investment to maintain it. Creating a democracy is therefore no longer as critical as maintaining it.
• One of the consistent indicators of a thriving Democracy is the "increase in the disparity of income within the constituents". A reducing percentage always control the majority of the wealth and infrastructure that is added to the economy. While in developing countries this is considered to be the result of healthy competition, within the developing economies it becomes a vicious cycle!!
• While it would be blasphemous to consider or ask for a change in the Principles of Democracy specifically in America or the developed economies. For Asia, South Asia, the evaluation parameters must be changed/redefined as per the economic conditions of that country,. While India has in 50 years of Independence established a strong Democracy; it has not been able to provide equal opportunity to the majority.
• In NLT, we therefore refer to this as 'the need to enlarge the scope and hasten the benefits from Democracy'. We require to identify milestones, as stages within the process of democratization, which would be based on the pace of economic development and infrastructure growth.

THE RE-INTERPRETATION AND ENLARGEMENT REQUIRED AND THE TENETS TO BE INCORPORATED -

• 'Economic freedom must precede individual freedom'. We have witnessed almost everywhere that those from economically weaker sections, are usually exploited within a Democracy and within free market economics. The fortunate few remain more equal than the majority.
• THUS, NLT would help us understand that "granting civil rights to individuals within poverty and a deficient infrastructure is a travesty".
• In order to have beneficial DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, they must be "dynamic" !! Democratic rights MUST SHIFT (enlarge) IN FAVOUR OF THE NEXT BIGGER UNIT AND BENEFICIARY. THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RETAIN RIGHTS OVER SOCIETY. THE LATTER MUST THEN ACCEDE TO THE RIGHTS OF THE REGION, THEN THE CITY OR COUNTRY AND SO ON!! We must consider this to be the 'NEW' definition of Democracy which does not change its objectives and ideals.

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Lets correct Democratic Inequality; Lets ENLARGE the scope & effect of Democracy to serve India and Asia better.