My Fear for America's Democracy
13 September 2025 By Abiodun Kareem Giwa
President Donald Trump
Socrates' Greece experience was both fascinating and sorrowful. It raised a question about why people could conspire against anyone for advising the youth and giving them direction. Greece was a Democracy. The Greece story showed a lack of respect for the truth. No wonder its Democratic experience hit the wall like a ship that collided with a wall at berth. The same fear I harbor for America's Democracy, arising from being an observer of political events here. Politicians seem to exhibit the same lack of accommodation for one another, and the reason for a return to a Democracy that enhances gainful experience for the populace.
When two elephants fight, the grass suffers. The same applies when two political or ideological groups entangle; the people bear the brunt. Socrates sought a country with merit and a rule that did not favor even his own children, but opponents wanted submission to their own lack of foresight. He took it upon himself to engage the youth, and that was his sin.
The violence against Socrates and his ideas likely contributed to the end of Greece's Democracy. America is the foremost Democracy in the modern world. Violence in major cities, not just political violence, points to a common saying that good or bad times don't last forever. American politicians disagree over what the solution to the problem should be. There are the Conservatives and Republicans, and the Democrats, who are Liberals. Some choose to apply force, utilizing the policing power, while others believe violence is natural and part of the freedom enshrined in the Constitution. One party wins the White House, and the opposing party assumes an enemy position, working to undo or stop the party in power. One using the excessive street violence and utter destruction.
The battle for power is more than intense. The recourse to the past political history, which should be extinct, rekindles the division among the people. Those in power lose attention if they are not focused. Some politicians think state generosity is what people want. In contrast, others say empowering the people is the solution, rather than embracing what seems like Socialism. The current incursion of the White House into interfering with violence management in major cities, along with some mayors' fierce disagreement, is a good example. Lon Angeles is long in social disorder, New York - once a city of disorder returned to orderliness but had returned to disorder, Chicago is a death bed, and citizens are crying. The light from Memphis for a cooperation with federal government offers a light in the tunnel.
Should the White House send the military to remove bad guys from neighborhoods or leave it to the incompetent mayors? The mayors say it is a constitutional right for people to live in fear, and on the other hand, they criticize the epidemic of gun violence. The people seek solutions that the mayors are incapable of and would not accept help from the center. People tend to pray before leaving their homes to work and returning regardless of faith as anything could happen in a bus or train or on the street. The killing of Charlie Kirk has opened people's eyes to the fact that the violence is not limited to neighborhoods, but it is all over. Abraham Lincoln was a victim. Martin Luther King's life ended abruptly due to political violence; the same happened to President John F Kennedy.
President Ronald Reagan escaped the assassin's bullet. A bullet grazed President Donald Trump's ear. He escaped another assassination attempt while playing Golf. Steve Scalise has an escape story. The same applies to Gabby Gilford. Kirk and King's experiences are similar because they both relied on God's words to mitigate the dangerous bent; they saw the country navigating. Is there any problem in God's words or injunctions that people find hard to accommodate? No matter what, it has become part of America's violence and political problem. Jesus Christ, the originator of the Gospel, was killed, and so were some apostles who continued his work. The Gospel represents the truth and the way God wants us to live to have peace. Some of us have embraced God's injunctions, while others have taken the Dystopian Road. The first wants to win the other over to their side, not wanting to be won, preferring the dangerous lifestyle in the name of Democracy, unaware of the endangerment of human society.
We are at a juncture similar to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, where the burning of books, the love of large television screens, and the disappearance of inquisitive people are prevalent. God's words have no respect for color or position. It is the unabashed truth. King's usage of the words was scorching, and we refused to listen to Kirk's undiluted dimension. No Conservative will disagree with Kirk, but people who don't love to hear God's words. His insistence was problematic to them. People don't want to hear the word but pray inwardly to the same God for safety and provision. What is humanity's problem? Is it politicians who don't want incursion from non-politicians to an area they consider their turf? As a Journalist and Public administrator trained to be ethical, I have asked why I should be subordinate to politicians who are enemies to ethics, believing their lack of ethical knowledge is a great problem.
Or has God deliberately allowed division among the people to check humanity's advancement, as reported in the book of Genesis, when people wanted to build a tower to heaven and confused their language? It is my fear for America's Democracy, where I see division as larger than life, vengeance planted in the political firmament, following Greece's footprint and Germanic political stories, as some here act as if they are gods - a reminder of Nigeria' Ebenezer Obey's song. They act as if they are above the law.
When two elephants fight, the grass suffers. The same applies when two political or ideological groups entangle; the people bear the brunt. Socrates sought a country with merit and a rule that did not favor even his own children, but opponents wanted submission to their own lack of foresight. He took it upon himself to engage the youth, and that was his sin.
The violence against Socrates and his ideas likely contributed to the end of Greece's Democracy. America is the foremost Democracy in the modern world. Violence in major cities, not just political violence, points to a common saying that good or bad times don't last forever. American politicians disagree over what the solution to the problem should be. There are the Conservatives and Republicans, and the Democrats, who are Liberals. Some choose to apply force, utilizing the policing power, while others believe violence is natural and part of the freedom enshrined in the Constitution. One party wins the White House, and the opposing party assumes an enemy position, working to undo or stop the party in power. One using the excessive street violence and utter destruction.
The battle for power is more than intense. The recourse to the past political history, which should be extinct, rekindles the division among the people. Those in power lose attention if they are not focused. Some politicians think state generosity is what people want. In contrast, others say empowering the people is the solution, rather than embracing what seems like Socialism. The current incursion of the White House into interfering with violence management in major cities, along with some mayors' fierce disagreement, is a good example. Lon Angeles is long in social disorder, New York - once a city of disorder returned to orderliness but had returned to disorder, Chicago is a death bed, and citizens are crying. The light from Memphis for a cooperation with federal government offers a light in the tunnel.
Should the White House send the military to remove bad guys from neighborhoods or leave it to the incompetent mayors? The mayors say it is a constitutional right for people to live in fear, and on the other hand, they criticize the epidemic of gun violence. The people seek solutions that the mayors are incapable of and would not accept help from the center. People tend to pray before leaving their homes to work and returning regardless of faith as anything could happen in a bus or train or on the street. The killing of Charlie Kirk has opened people's eyes to the fact that the violence is not limited to neighborhoods, but it is all over. Abraham Lincoln was a victim. Martin Luther King's life ended abruptly due to political violence; the same happened to President John F Kennedy.
President Ronald Reagan escaped the assassin's bullet. A bullet grazed President Donald Trump's ear. He escaped another assassination attempt while playing Golf. Steve Scalise has an escape story. The same applies to Gabby Gilford. Kirk and King's experiences are similar because they both relied on God's words to mitigate the dangerous bent; they saw the country navigating. Is there any problem in God's words or injunctions that people find hard to accommodate? No matter what, it has become part of America's violence and political problem. Jesus Christ, the originator of the Gospel, was killed, and so were some apostles who continued his work. The Gospel represents the truth and the way God wants us to live to have peace. Some of us have embraced God's injunctions, while others have taken the Dystopian Road. The first wants to win the other over to their side, not wanting to be won, preferring the dangerous lifestyle in the name of Democracy, unaware of the endangerment of human society.
We are at a juncture similar to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, where the burning of books, the love of large television screens, and the disappearance of inquisitive people are prevalent. God's words have no respect for color or position. It is the unabashed truth. King's usage of the words was scorching, and we refused to listen to Kirk's undiluted dimension. No Conservative will disagree with Kirk, but people who don't love to hear God's words. His insistence was problematic to them. People don't want to hear the word but pray inwardly to the same God for safety and provision. What is humanity's problem? Is it politicians who don't want incursion from non-politicians to an area they consider their turf? As a Journalist and Public administrator trained to be ethical, I have asked why I should be subordinate to politicians who are enemies to ethics, believing their lack of ethical knowledge is a great problem.
Or has God deliberately allowed division among the people to check humanity's advancement, as reported in the book of Genesis, when people wanted to build a tower to heaven and confused their language? It is my fear for America's Democracy, where I see division as larger than life, vengeance planted in the political firmament, following Greece's footprint and Germanic political stories, as some here act as if they are gods - a reminder of Nigeria' Ebenezer Obey's song. They act as if they are above the law.
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