Defending democracy

Democracy needs to be defended every day without complexes and with all the necessary resources and the most effective measures. It is our model of coexistence, development, progress, stability and security based on the rule of law, respect for the law, the separation of powers and a market economy with sufficient margins for a fair distribution of wealth with equal opportunities. These are some of the basic principles of our liberal democracy that treasure fundamental values as essential tools for its maintenance and the best possible functioning. 
 
It has taken Western society many years, too many wars, enormous sacrifices and demanding reflections to reach, even with various localized confrontations and conflicts, the current sufficient degree of understanding and tolerance that has made it possible to safeguard world peace over the last 75 years. 
 
It is true that, throughout this time, some powers with bastard interests have sought to contaminate the process for their own economic and political benefit, but in most cases the system itself has been able, thanks to its counterpowers and controls, to redirect the course and re-establish the rules. We now find ourselves in a new situation of danger for liberal democracies, both parliamentary monarchies and republics, due to the threat of populism. 
 
Unfortunately, cases are being recorded in many countries of the world. Authoritarian populists who use democracy to come to power and manipulate all the elements within their reach for their own benefit and that of those more or less hidden powers that have helped them along the way. 
 
The United States, considered as the great democracy of the world, has been suffering for years a serious political, institutional and social crisis caused by the excessive ambition of a character like Donald Trump, who has several pending accounts with justice for his business activities. 
One of his companies has already been convicted and Trump himself has yet to appear in court. The shameful spectacle offered in the House of Representatives with the 15 votes to elect its new president, the third authority of the country, reflects an absolutely embarrassing attitude on the part of a group with unacceptable approaches and demands. 
 
Brazil is another case to be taken into account. It is unacceptable, intolerable that people are manipulated so that a group can assault state institutions or that the outgoing president, Bolsonaro, does not comply with the rules and does not hand over power to his successor Lula da Silva.
 
Democracy is the government of the majorities with respect for minorities, but, by no means, can blackmailing positions be accepted by any minority, be it extreme right or left, nationalist or anti-system. Populist intentions are focused on the management of power and provoke confrontations to later set themselves up as saviors of the homeland. 
We must seriously consider why populists are able to win the votes and trust of so many citizens and make the right decisions. This is everyone's responsibility, including the media.