{"id":87278,"date":"2018-01-30T15:38:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T17:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duploexpresso.com\/?p=87278"},"modified":"2018-01-30T15:50:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T17:50:07","slug":"eua-tu-quoque-brute-fili-mi-ou-eles-enganam-mentem-e-roubam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/?p=87278","title":{"rendered":"EUA: Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi? Ou, eles enganam, mentem e roubam!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por “Yorkshire tea”<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Nota:<\/strong> texto em portugu\u00eas acompanhado, abaixo, de vers\u00e3o em ingl\u00eas)<\/p>\n

Quando a palavra Democracia \u00e9 dita, escrita, lida ou ouvida, a maioria das pessoas n\u00e3o titubeia um segundo a respeito de seu significado geral. Normalmente, \u00e9 um conceito que diz respeito ao povo de um determinado pa\u00eds. \u00c9 uma ideia cujo significado se origina daquilo que ela realmente representa para a popula\u00e7\u00e3o de um Estado. As pessoas s\u00e3o livres para votar e serem votadas? As elei\u00e7\u00f5es ocorrem com regularidade? As leis do pa\u00eds s\u00e3o aplicadas uniformemente de maneira geral, isto \u00e9, para todos os cidad\u00e3os, independentemente de suas filia\u00e7\u00f5es pol\u00edticas, religiosas, sexuais e\/ou \u00e9tnicas? As leis s\u00e3o seguidas de maneira uniforme pelo Judici\u00e1rio ou isso depende de quem \u00e9 o juiz? Ou mesmo de quem \u00e9 o r\u00e9u? As pessoas s\u00e3o livres para concorrer a um cargo pol\u00edtico em elei\u00e7\u00f5es ou h\u00e1 barreiras artificiais para impedir a elei\u00e7\u00e3o de determinados \u201cindesej\u00e1veis\u201d? Quanta influ\u00eancia pol\u00edtica tem o poder financeiro no resultado das elei\u00e7\u00f5es? E a m\u00eddia e seus propriet\u00e1rios? H\u00e1 efetiva liberdade de imprensa ou essa liberdade \u00e9 usada de maneira il\u00edcita contra inimigos pol\u00edticos?<\/p>\n

Em outras palavras, para que sejam considerados uma Democracia, pa\u00edses est\u00e3o sujeitos apenas a um escrut\u00ednio que avalia determinados aspectos internos a um Estado: os direitos de seus cidad\u00e3os de votar e serem votados, o direito de n\u00e3o sofrerem persegui\u00e7\u00e3o, a liberdade de express\u00e3o, a separa\u00e7\u00e3o de poderes, a separa\u00e7\u00e3o entre Estado e igreja, os freios e contrapesos, o Estado de Direito, etc.<\/p>\n

Democracias que tramam e\/ou se beneficiam de Golpes de Estado em outros pa\u00edses deveriam ser consideradas democracias?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supondo, ent\u00e3o, que um pa\u00eds assinale todas as caixinhas democr\u00e1ticas e seja um lugar onde seus cidad\u00e3os sejam livres para exercer todos os direitos a que fazem jus sob um governo democr\u00e1tico, o que dizer do comportamento desse pa\u00eds no exterior? Isso deve ter alguma influ\u00eancia no fato de ele ser considerado ou n\u00e3o uma Democracia plena? Democracia \u00e9 um valor que apenas se aplica dentro das fronteiras de um Estado ou a maneira como um Estado se comporta em suas rela\u00e7\u00f5es com outros Estados n\u00e3o deveria tamb\u00e9m ser levada em conta?<\/p>\n

Assim, um pa\u00eds que trama e\/ou apoia a derrubada de um governo estrangeiro deveria ser considerado uma Democracia? Acredito que os EUA sejam primus inter pares neste aspecto. Um pa\u00eds que, durante seus quase 250 anos de hist\u00f3ria, repetidamente, financiou, fomentou e apoiou \u201cmudan\u00e7as de regime\u201d em todo o mundo. Isso quando n\u00e3o utilizou diretamente seu poderio militar para amea\u00e7ar ou invadir outros pa\u00edses. E o que dizer de um pa\u00eds que se beneficie de um Golpe de Estado contra um pa\u00eds estrangeiro, para saquear as riquezas da popula\u00e7\u00e3o deste \u00faltimo? Ele deveria ser um exemplo de Democracia? Acredito que n\u00e3o. E essa carapu\u00e7a serviria para qualquer uma das assim chamadas Democracias Ocidentais. O mais recente exemplo nesse tipo de pa\u00eds \u00e9… Preparem-se… Surpresa! A Noruega! \u2013 sim, a Noruega! \u2013 que, junto com a Fran\u00e7a, o Reino Unido e os EUA, tirou proveito da turbul\u00eancia pol\u00edtica no Brasil, que se seguiu ao Golpe de Estado branco que dep\u00f4s a Presidente Dilma Rousseff e a substituiu pelo corrupto not\u00f3rio Michel Temer, para realizar todos os tipos de negociatas escusas, a fim de garantir o maior quinh\u00e3o poss\u00edvel dos gigantescos campos de petr\u00f3leo do Brasil que pertenciam \u00e0 Petrobras. A Statoil, a estatal petrol\u00edfera norueguesa, conseguiu um naco substancial de um dos maiores campos do pr\u00e9-sal brasileiro (Carcar\u00e1). Mas a Total da Fran\u00e7a, a Shell da Holanda e do Reino Unido, e a Exxon Mobil dos EUA n\u00e3o ficaram atr\u00e1s no saque aos campos petrol\u00edferos do pa\u00eds. Uma r\u00e1pida pesquisa na Internet mostrar\u00e1 os fatos. E esses supostamente s\u00e3o alguns dos pa\u00edses mais democr\u00e1ticos do mundo. Mas ser\u00e1 que s\u00e3o? Mesmo?<\/p>\n

Talvez tenha chegado a hora de expandirmos a nossa defini\u00e7\u00e3o e entendimento do que seja uma Democracia e de como ela deva se comportar frente a outros Estados.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

When the word Democracy is spoken, written, read or heard, most people don\u2019t hesitate one second about its overall meaning. It\u2019s usually a concept geared towards the People of a given country. It\u2019s an idea whose meaning stems from what it actually represents to the population of a State. Are people free to vote and be voted? Do elections take place on a regular basis? Are the country’s laws applied consistently across the board, i.e., to all citizens alike, regardless of their political, religious, sexual and\/or ethnic affiliations? Are the laws being consistently followed by the Judiciary or does it depend on who the judge is? Or even who the defendant is? Are people free to run for a political position in elections or are artificial barriers in place to hinder the election of certain \u201cundesirables\u201d? How much political clout financial interests have in the outcome of elections? And what about the media and its owners? Is there actual freedom of the press or is this freedom illicitly abused against political enemies?<\/p>\n

In other words, to be considered a Democracy, countries are only subject to a scrutiny that evaluates certain aspects that are internal to a polity: the rights of its citizens to vote and be voted, their right to be free from persecution, freedom of speech, separation of powers, separation between church and State, checks and balances, the Rule of Law, etc.<\/p>\n

So, supposing a country checks all democratic boxes and is a place where citizens are free to exercise all the powers they are entitled to under a Democratic government, what about this country\u2019s behavior abroad? Should it bear any influence on whether or not it is considered to be a full-fledged Democracy? Is Democracy a value that only applies within the borders of a State or how this State carries out its relations with other States should also be taken into account<\/p>\n

Should democracies that plot and\/or benefit from Coups d\u2019\u00c9tat abroad be deemed democracies at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, should a country that plots and\/or supports the overthrow of a foreign government be deemed a Democracy? I believe the United States is primus inter pares<\/em> here. A country that during its almost 250 years of history has repeatedly financed, stirred and supported \u201cregime change\u201d all over the world. This when it didn\u2019t use its military might directly to threaten and invade other countries. And what about a country that benefits from a Coup d\u2019\u00c9tat against a foreign State to plunder the riches of the latter\u2019s population? Should it be an example of Democracy? I think not. And I believe that many of the so-called Western Democracy would fit the bill here. The latest example in this type of country is… Surprise! Surprise! Norway! \u2013 yes, Norway! \u2013 which, together with France, the UK and the US, took advantage of the political turmoil in Brazil that ensued the white Coup d\u2019\u00c9tat that deposed President Dilma Rousseff and replaced her with notoriously corrupt Michel Temer, to make all sorts of backroom deals in order to grab as much as possible of Brazil\u2019s gigantic oil fields that belonged to Petrobras. Statoil, Norway\u2019s state-owned oil company, got itself a nice chunk of one of Brazil\u2019s biggest offshore pre-salt oil fields (Carcar\u00e1). But France\u2019s Total, UK and Holland\u2019s Shell and US\u2019s Exxon Mobil were not behind in plundering the country\u2019s oil fields. A quick search on the Internet will show the facts. And these are supposedly some of the most democratic countries in the world. But are they? Really?<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s high time we expand our definition and understanding of what a Democracy is and how it should behave vis-\u00e0-vis other States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":87279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duploexpresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}