Posted by Lars Vilks, State Secretary on February 14, 1997 at 19:37:47:
In Reply to: Questioning the democracy of Ladonia posted by Rikard Janson on February 14, 1997 at 16:34:33:
: A queen, a president or both? That question is not as important as the question whether Ladonia should be governed like a democracy or dictatorship.
: I get the impression the ladonians consider their state to be a democratic institute with vast possibilities for the inhabitants to express their thoughts. But what confuses me is the way Your state was created. The place of the state is uniqe because of its nature and geological formations. So uniqe it is protected by the swedish authorities, who still claimes right to the area. According to international conventions, signed by a huge number of democratic stater Your state does not fulfill the criterias for an independent state. Your behaviour is ignorant and instead to be compared with an occupation. This concerns me. Are Your leaders prepared to continue to break essential democratic rules while governing the state?
: In my opinion The buildings should be removed from the beautiful landscape and the state only remain on a spiritual basis.
: I'm open for discussions :-/
-Mr Jansson is obviously misunderstanding the idea of democracy. When a new state is created within one that is already existing there will be problems. Sweden, as an example wasn't created through some sort of democratic principle. It was and still is ruled by power. Ladonia is overruling the swedish occupation, it is controlling its territory and it has open a wider form of democracy, the eonatic way of existing. And we have no trouble with the Swedes so far. If Mr Jansson do not like the buildings in Ladonia he must understand that there is a lot of people who do. That is just a matter of taste.