democracy??

Question

i know a lot of disadvantages but can there be any advantages of democracy? if so what is it? i am so gonna love hearing this....

Answer 1

JFK once said "Democracy isn't perfect, but it never had to build a wall to keep people from escaping it." To me the best part about democracy is that it not only allows you to survive, it also allows you to live. Can a dictatorship say the same? They give you just enough to survive, keeping their people dependent on their leaders. A dictators power partially come from the dependency it imposes on its people. Like our old pal Chavez, He's slowly dismantling democracy as I type this. By the end of the year, he will have abolished term limits (bet your hopping Bush doesn't follow suit, right?) his only step after that is to abolish elections. We complain when we lose some of our privacy rights, or any other rights we had before Bush. Imagine losing every right we ever had in the same time frame. Remember this, in a non-democracy, your question (in reverse) could be a criminal offense.

Answer 2

Of all the forms of Governments known so far,including their permutations and combinations,democracy is still the best form of a government though it has it's own limitations and shortcomings.The hallmarks of any civilized society ie freedom,equality ,self governance,Justice for all and right to life and property can only be found in a democracy. However if one still wants to know more,he should spend some time either in Saudi Arabia,Pakistan or such other country under a dictatorship.He would then accept all the short comings of a democracy as minor and be over looked.

Answer 3

Democracy - of the people, for the people and by the people. . Competitive elections are usually seen to require freedom of speech (especially in political affairs), freedom of the press, and some degree of rule of law. Civilian control of the military is often seen as necessary to prevent military dictatorship and interference with political affairs.

Majority rule is a major principle of democracy, though many democratic systems do not adhere to this strictly - representative democracy is more common than direct democracy, and minority rights are often protected from what is sometimes called "the tyranny of the majority". Popular sovereignty is common but not universal motivating philosophy for establishing a democracy.

Answer 4

there are no advantages thats why there are no true democracies

For example the united states is a democratic republic which means that people make decisions for us but we get to pick the decision makers.

A true democracy by definition would have to allow every citizen to vote on every issue and that is unrealistic

Besides who's gonna vote on a tax increase even if it is needed to repair some roads

Answer 5

Assuming we are talking about democratic republics, not hypothetical everyone votes on everything land...

I agree in the sense that people don't always know what is good for them but if there is no democracy then...

Who decides what is best?
How do we know they will act in our best interest?
How do you nonviolently take out a bad leader?
What if people want to change a law that the leader does not want to change?
How will there be a balanced government, in terms of different people's beliefs?

What is your solution to how a country should be run???

Answer 6

I'll take a stab at it...
In the USA, we all pay taxes to fund our government's activities. By winning an election, the President, Mayor, Congress, whatever, has the authority to act on behalf and with the consent of ALL it's citizens. The election winner is then supposed to act with the best interests of all its citizens. This, in theory, makes us all happy little taxpayers willing to work for the republic as well as for our families.

Is it working?

NOPE.

Why?

* Our mass news media (you can count them on one hand) exists to make money, not give us information.

* Our corporations and big money lobbyists have undue influence over politicians.

* Foreign influence (investment, lobbying, strategic obligations or desires).

These big 3 take precidence over the will of the people. Why do politicians do it? Because in return, the media and corporations shield the public from how awful these politicians really are. Oh and all that money too, which they need to get re-elected and buy vacation islands.

So Bush and Congress' approval rating hovers around 29% yet we won't storm Washington with pitchforks and torches because we voted them to power - we can only blame ourselves.

(actually, there was tremendous vote fraud in 2000 and 2004 but that's another thread)

Answer 7

The advantage of Democracy is that, when it works, the people get what they want. Whether what the people want is actually the best thing for them is a separate question.

Answer 8

Ha. Democracy doesn't exist in America. Its a Republic if anything.

Answer 9

It is all the same. Always the dictatorship. Democracy is also another dictatorship, the dictatorship of the majority. In certain democracies there is a chance that the minority becomes the majority. Then also it is another dictatorship.

Answer 10

What place has ever had a democracy.
Most free country are republics not democracies.