Do you believe democracy in its purest form is an outmoded concept?

Question

please discuss as openly and elaborately as possible.

Answer 1

If by "democracy in its purest form" you mean a system in which each citizen gets the chance to vote on every issue, then yes, I think in most instances it is an outmoded concept, for two reasons.
First, most human societies and political units have become too large and unwieldy to enable every one of their members to have a direct vote on every issue in a timely manner.
Second, it seems that most societies suffer from the hot tempers and emotional outbursts of their members, and this influences political decisions when made directly on a large scale. James Madison, one of the writers of the US Constitution, warned us about this very issue - and he was right. Unfortunately, in his day as well as ours, voters did not always make their choices based on reason and rationality. That is why we need to choose our legislative bodies and political representation with the greatest of care.

Answer 2

We have finally reached a point where it is posible to live in a true democracy. In a democracy everyone has a vote in everything. With the advancement with computers and the internet it is posible to vote on every issue and place our own recomendations for laws and programs and the way the government is run. We at this moment live in a republic. Where we elect representatives to do our voting, make laws, create programs , ect.. The thing about getting a democracy is our government will not let that happen because that means they have to give up power, rep and dem both. Those in power are very reluctant to give it up. It would take voting in the right people and hope they won't get corrupt in order to do something like a democracy. So I really don't see that happening. We could still have a president and such but there power would be greatly deminished, good and bad points on that also and i don't care to try to think of them right now.

Maybe in some utopian future we might have that but not in a few thousand years from now. We as a race I don't think are ready for that just yet. Too many people believe too strongly in what they believe to the point of where they will force their ideas on you or kill you if you don't. We as a whole world need to evolve past those ideas and let people believe what they want to believe in. Watching the new we are not any where near that. And that's not even talking about the terrorists. We have kids taking guns to school, we have illegals running rampant in our streets, sports figures making millions in a few years and teachers who make less than I do. We have corruption in our government. We have people who protest at our honored solders funerals. People on wel-fare staying home and haveing more babies so they can get more wel-fare. Child rapists, gangs, murderers, dictators, religious fanatics, the UN (sry couldn't resist putting that one in) homeless, etc....

You see how we act as a whole, and those are the type of people would would have a vote also. We are not ready for that we still act too much like animals.

Answer 3

Do you mean direct democracy like that of ancient Athens? Then yes, it is outmoded, unless it is for a small, close-knit community of active citizens where it can work.

Direct democracy requires the participation of as many citizens as possible. In a country the size of the United States (or even smaller European countries), having referendums for every single law, no matter how small is incredibly inefficient and prone to corruption.

Answer 4

Yes I do. My understanding of democracy in it's purest form is everyone having a say and a vote. That just isnt feasible these days with the population of the average community/country. Representative democracy is the only feasible practice of democracy with the way that our cultures work now-a-days.

Answer 5

No, Democracy isn't the most acceptable kind of authorities. Democracy is defined because the individuals being the rulers, i.e. maximum individuals makes a call each and every thing. The founding fathers understood that democracy is in basic terms yet another kind of tyranny. by technique of how, that is why we stay in a REPUBLIC and in no way a democracy, so as that the rights of the minority can not be usurped by technique of an straightforward majority vote. And to respond to your very last question, i believe the authorities is bearing the appearance of socialism further and further daily.

Answer 6

You fail to indicated what "concept" you believe to be outmoded.

You will also need to elaborate upon what you believe is the purest form of democracy.

Answer 7

No. It has been bought out and stuffed under a media rug,somwhere,,:-(=