ABSTRACT
Modernization has been our national theme since the Gang of Four were overthrown ten years ago, but we are just beginning to understand what it really means. In the beginning we were mainly aware of the grave shortcomings in our production of goods, our economy, our science and technology, and that modernization was required in these areas. Democracy is based on recognizing the rights of every single individual. Naturally, not everyone wants the same thing, and therefore the desires of different individuals have to be mediated through a democratic process, to form a society, a nation, a collectivity. Citizens of democracies believe that the people maintain the government, paying taxes in return for services - running schools and hospitals, administering the city, providing for the public welfare. A government depends on the taxpayers for support and therefore has to be responsible to its citizens. This is what people think in a democratic society.
