The Achilles’ heel of governments
The reasons for the downfall of dictators
The Achilles’ heel of governments, according to Iran Gate’s report, can be understood realistically. If we investigate the subject, we find that if a government could continue through force and coercion, the current rulers would never have come to power. In general, no government can sustain itself in the long term based on force and tyranny. This is a clear historical principle and an undeniable reality.
The main factor in the decline of governments can be summarized in one phrase, which is the deepening and widening of the gap between the people and the ruling power. A government remains in power as long as there is no widening and deepening gap between itself and the people. Otherwise, it is doomed to perish and become extinct. In this regard, paying attention to these two important words is crucial: the widening gap and the depth of the gap.
The widening gap refers to the proliferation and diversity of areas of disagreement between the people and the ruling power, and the grounds for the gap can be classified in this same category. For example, the economic, political, and social grounds. However, the depth of the gap refers to the extent and magnitude of each factor of the gap. It is the depth of the gap that determines the potential for reform.
The government must continuously analyze and examine the gap between itself and the people, and strategically plan and act to address the factors that create this gap. This will help limit and repair the existing gap, ensuring increased public participation and the strength and authority of the government. In my opinion, the reasons for the gap between the people and the government can be found in the following areas:
1. Ineffective governance in improving people’s living conditions and increasing economic pressure on the people, regardless of inaccurate and unbelievable official statistics for the people.
2. Failure to update the methods and approaches of governance in a society that is constantly changing. It is not possible to govern the people today and their current tastes with old methods. A government that wants to remain stable must adapt itself to the needs, emotions, thoughts, and current ideas of the people.
3. The continuous effort of the government to align and accompany the people with its own desires and preferences, which can be seen as a form of despotism. Instead, the government should align itself with the aspirations of the people. Many governments have advocated for people-centered governance, but in practice, they have followed and implemented governance that is not people-centered.
The rigidity of the government’s behavior, insistence on unnecessary matters, and inappropriate inflexibility of governance lead to the government’s backwardness from the progressive ideas of today’s young generation, ultimately creating a gap between governance and the current generation.
The inconsistency between the lifestyle of the children and agents within the government and the lifestyle and context of the people deepens and expands the people’s disbelief in the government. Discrimination between the nation and individuals within the government causes people to have a negative view of the government and creates a gap between the people and the government.
The government’s inability to establish economic, social, and political justice, and the emergence of visible and hidden discriminations among different segments of the nation, as well as ethnic, religious, and gender differences.
The government’s inability or lack of willingness to establish positive relations with the world and the instability in the country’s international position and status.
The closed social and cultural space, censorship of certain realities, lack of reflection of realities through official and national media, and restrictions on freedom of expression through filtering and limiting the online space.
The difference in the level of public welfare compared to other countries, differences in per capita income, employment level, and also the coverage of support and insurance.
10 foreign interventions under seemingly humanitarian pretexts but in reality driven by self-interest and coercion.
Ultimately, it can be said that a country can experience progress when its government aligns itself with the conditions and aspirations of its people, and consistently plans and intelligently strives to bridge the gap between itself and the nation. Otherwise, the government will be doomed to failure and the progress of the country will be unattainable.
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