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G. Koumoutsakos: Fanaticism harms democracy because it makes the citizen incapable of thinking

The toxic climate of the days in political life is stigmatized by the ND MP George Koumoutsakos, in an opinion article in the newspaper “Ta Nea”, calling for a mild political climate and clear positions against the acidity and toxicity of words and behaviors.

“In the context of representative democracy, the duty and obligation of Politics is to give perspective, to absorb the vibrations that are created in society, to relieve and not to incite – let alone deliberately cause – tensions”, points out Mr. Koumoutsakos.

The ND MP emphasizes that the positions must be clear towards attitudes, practices and phenomena that insult the democratic institutions and strengthen the democratic function.

Fanaticism harms democracy, because it makes the citizen incapable of thinking. The logic of “either we end them or they end us” is a logic hostile to democracy, notes the ND MP and points out that in recent days SYRIZA, in the face of its current deadlocks, returns atavistically to positions and practices of extreme polarizing and divisive behavior .

Source: Capital

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