Democracy Yes OR No ???

[Denyong]

Here are some merits of democracy :
1)It is more accountable
2)The elected leaders need to perform better for their stability
3)Gives the people right to choose among the best
4)It enhances the dignity of a citizen

Demerits of democracy :
1)Leaders keep on changing leads to instability
2)It is all about political competition and power play
3)Elected leaders do not know the best interests of people
4)Democracy leads to corruption.

So which country would you prefer a democratic or non-democratic ?

Democracy is just a word from the book,
So many citizens know about democracy but, just from the cover. They don't look inside what is the meaning of that.

[easemypain]

Yes  democracy is helpful to prosper the people by applying their potential to grow in every field of life as compare to non democratic system wherein hard rules are applied and people fight for their rights rather to blossom.

In addition, democracy is something that you can show to people as a leader and also stuff to hide your dirty movements. In a democracy, you will be able to get things easy and make your profile nice to the people of your nation. In my country, as a citizen, I have seen my country went down because of this democracy because the leaders of the nation also had the chance and democracy to corrupt billions of billions of dollars. They have taken advantages that abide by the law and that is the true thief.

The success of democracy is the active involvement of the citizens in the affairs of the government, when this is right is been violated then the reasons for adopting a democratic system of government is not reached. Then what's the need. As for me i personally will opt for a "NO" democracy.

[BADecker]

The question is, Do we really have a functioning democracy, where the vote of the citizen really does anything significant?


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[markstivn98]

Of course with democracy.
 Because they are engaged in the protection of human rights and public freedom.
Democratic States are among the most developed countries in the political and economic sphere.

[Daniel91]

Here are some merits of democracy :
1)It is more accountable
2)The elected leaders need to perform better for their stability
3)Gives the people right to choose among the best
4)It enhances the dignity of a citizen

Demerits of democracy :
1)Leaders keep on changing leads to instability
2)It is all about political competition and power play
3)Elected leaders do not know the best interests of people
4)Democracy leads to corruption.

So which country would you prefer a democratic or non-democratic ?

You have to understand something here.
If there is no ideal or perfect individuals, than we can't have ideal or perfect families, society or nation.
So, on ''the paper'' we can make perfect plan for the perfect society but in reality people decide with their everyday actions.
So, in my opinion, without strict control we can't have good political system.
So, I believe in democracy but not unconditionally.

[SiDtHeBeSt]

I would like to go with democracy as also I'm from the world's bigger democracy I strongly support democracy. If not democracy it will be dictatorship sort of rule where the freedom of an individual gets limited. In a democracy everyone gets a chance to do what they want a sense of freedom which every being wants.

[baobao2000]

You have the chance to get rid of bad leader with democracy. Democracy country citizen have more right and choice, there are nothing perfect, for the right it need also time, money involved, but even a bad leader voted in, with democracy you can vote them out next time Without democracy citizen voice isn’t important anymore, if lucky you get a good leader, if unlucky you get a bad leader who you can’t get rid of in a life time.

[zhekinsp]

Governments working under the kings are far better than by the democratic leaders so democracy is like a cheat and not a common citizen can become a leader on any country.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Democracy will always be the best way, if you work more, you gain more, and you have freedom of expression and at the same time a stable economy is generated, those conditions are those necessary to be able to live in progress and under which, all technology is accepted and well received.

[BADecker]

^^^ But only if we have a minimum of 12 popular candidates for each office, without voters knowing the number of votes anybody gets until after the election, and only if the winner gets at least a 50% majority of the votes, but if nobody gets 50% or more, nobody gets told how many votes anybody got.

[BADecker]

^^^ Except for very small groups, the benefits of democracy are only two:
1. The dictators within can slip up more easily;
2. Ignorance is bliss... ignorance that the democracy is simply a dictatorship of a different style than one that is formally a dictatorship.

BTW, the USA is not a democracy, even though it appears to be, and even though few people know how to effectively use their freedom in it.

[okala]

Democracy is a scam in some countries where the will of the people does not prevail against the will of the leader who does not enjoy the legitimacy from the people but force him self on the all through the instrumentality of democracy.

[BADecker]

Democracy is socialism among a group of people, so that the wise can reign over the dull-minded through capitalism.

[KingScorpio]

once you loose democracy you wont get it back anymore, it might take even millenias to get it back

[BADecker]

^^^ However, if you get freedom rather than democracy, you will be able to throw it (freedom) away and get democracy back any time you want... simply because you are free.

[Malsetid]

Here are some merits of democracy :
1)It is more accountable
2)The elected leaders need to perform better for their stability
3)Gives the people right to choose among the best
4)It enhances the dignity of a citizen

Demerits of democracy :
1)Leaders keep on changing leads to instability
2)It is all about political competition and power play
3)Elected leaders do not know the best interests of people
4)Democracy leads to corruption.

So which country would you prefer a democratic or non-democratic ?

The things is, democracy would only work in a country wherr leaderd and the population are responsible in majority. It's very easy to manipulate democracy and turn it into something that gives control to a few greedy people. Technicalities can be used to twist the laws and take advantage of what seem to be freedom. To put it simply, it can be manipulated and abused.

[ASHLIUSZ]

Democracy means of the people, by the people, for the people. This isn't possibly found on most of the democratic country. This way pure democracy at present isn't found anywhere. If the democratic governance is followed in the right way surely people will be experiencing a better living.

[BADecker]

"Democracy," from Dictionary.com:

democracy
[dih-mok-ruh-see]

noun, plural de·moc·ra·cies.

1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

2. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.

3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.

4. political or social equality; democratic spirit.

5. the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

In other words, where is the democracy in any country? Democracy is great. But where do you find it?

What I mean is, if there is majority rule, what happened to the the government by the minority? Do the people of the minority suddenly become something other than people? If it is government by the majority but not the minority, then it is not a government by the people. Rather, it's a government by only some of the people.

When a government is rule by a majority, even if the majority is a group of people, it starts to fit into the definition of a dictatorship:

dictatorship
[dik-tey-ter-ship, dik-tey-]

noun

1. a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.

2. absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control.

3. the office or position held by a dictator.

What is a democracy, really? Isn't it a government where every person has complete authority, and nobody has authority over any of them?

Consider. If you want to use your personal governmental authority to steal property belonging to someone else, aren't you limited by the governmental authority of the other person when he says "NO" to you? You are limited because your government doesn't have authority over his government. Both of you have democratic rule whereever yours ends and his begins.

Yet, all over the USA, government people are doing things in and out of court, against other people, mostly without their agreement... at least in spirit.

The USA government might be closer to a democracy than most other countries. But it is definitely not a democracy. Rather, it is a form of dictatorship. It is dictatorial rule by the handful in government, even though it is said to be majority rule... majority rule, which is dictatorship by the majority over the minority.

Think about it, and then listen to Karl Lentz to see how to turn the USA back into the democracy that it is supposed to be - http://jurorinlaw.com/talkshoe/klentz/.

[r1a2y3m4]

3)Elected leaders do not know the best interests of people

Actually they know but they don't give actions to what people wanted for their country. Since, they are the leaders of the country, they have what it takes to pass the law in the congress without asking for some ideas from those people who are against that kind of law.

4)Democracy leads to corruption.

Best reason for anti democratic country, yet not a great example to have in a country. It is visible in my country Philippines and it's viewed as one of the most corrupt country in Asia.

Democracy is great, but some leaders are greedy. And it leads to corruption.

[Daniel91]

Before we decide that democracy is bad and that we need ''something else'', first we should find what is better political system and what can replace democracy.
If we can't find anything better than we have no choice but to choose democracy or we will have anarchy and chaos in society.