{"id":9310,"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edinmustafic.com\/?page_id=9310"},"modified":"2026-10-18T01:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:56:32","slug":"demokratie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edinmustafic.com\/en\/demokratie\/","title":{"rendered":"Demokratie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9310\" class=\"elementor elementor-9310\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30612a9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30612a9a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15517175\" data-id=\"15517175\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d169d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d169d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BODY OF WORK: THE THREE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY,<b> <\/b>2018<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-530dccd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"530dccd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-255e581f\" data-id=\"255e581f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-288b29ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"288b29ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What is democracy? Scholars and constitutional theorists have exhausted themselves for centuries in lyrical descriptions of a sublime mental construct: separation of powers, participation, and the sovereignty of the people. A flawlessly crafted narrative framework designed primarily to camouflage the system's unpalatable core. Scraping away the civic incense reveals no philosophical virtues, but rather a ruthless marketplace where interests are violently negotiated and votes are traded like shares.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a8622ea\" data-id=\"1a8622ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e296ae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e296ae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOut of extensive, sobering research emerge three terms that frankly expose the actual foundation of every Western power structure: MONEY, POWER, and GREED. These three monoliths do not mark ancient temple pillars of classical marble, but a brutal construction-site aesthetic made of coarse building materials and styrofoam. A sarcastic monument: outwardly feigning unshakable weight, yet inwardly hollow, profane, and disconcertingly transient.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58fc53c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58fc53c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b716b53\" data-id=\"6b716b53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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\/>www.justmad.es<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a79585d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a79585d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>Work note, Vienna, 2018:<br \/>Three multilingually stamped pillars\u2014GREED, GELD, PODER\u2014demonstrate the transnational consensus of economic and political power concentration. The gray, concrete-like slurry applied over an artificial hollow core exposes the pathetic solemnity of democratic institutions as a cheap, fragile facade.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c5b4725 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c5b4725\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50451bb6\" data-id=\"50451bb6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20323595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20323595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a9 2026 Edin Mustafic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4235a67b\" data-id=\"4235a67b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20e8b945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20e8b945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinmustafic.com\/en\/datenschutzerklarung\/\">GDPR \u2013 Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-611ca9e3\" data-id=\"611ca9e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63961927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63961927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinmustafic.com\/en\/impressum-2\/\">Legal Notice<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WERKREIHE: DIE DREI S\u00c4ULEN DER DEMOKRATIE, 2018 Was ist De\u00admo\u00adkra\u00adtie? Ge\u00adlehr\u00adte und Ver\u00adfas\u00adsungs\u00adju\u00adris\u00adten er\u00adsch\u00f6p\u00adfen sich seit Jahr\u00adhun\u00adder\u00adten in ly\u00adri\u00adschen Be\u00adschrei\u00adbun\u00adgen ei\u00adnes heh\u00adren Ge\u00addan\u00adken\u00adkon\u00adstrukts: Ge\u00adwal\u00adten\u00adtei\u00adlung, Par\u00adti\u00adzi\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adon und die Herr\u00adschaft des Vol\u00adkes. Ein per\u00adfek\u00adtes nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adves Re\u00adgel\u00adwerk, das vor al\u00adlem da\u00adzu dient, den un\u00adbequ\u00ademe\u00adren Kern des Sys\u00adtems no\u00adbel zu ka\u00admu\u00adflie\u00adren. 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