Defence of Democracy

Here I shall defend democracy,

Democracy has multiple aspect which continue to make it one of the most widely subscribed to methods of governance.

Firstly, it gives the masses the impression of power. This is important as it accords the impression of a mandate from the people, which in contrast to past systems of governance such as "Divine mandate to rule", the people seem to have much more power. This lends the government, especially in direct democracies, a legitimacy of action. That which is sorely lacking in most system of government that we see in contrast to democracies today, causing any action taken by the government to be sorely resented and culled. Examples of such include Myanmar, and the Pol Pot regime.

Secondly, inherent to democracy is concepts of liberty to a certain extent and invested power. Similar to the above, this gives democracy a practical relevance in today's society. Any system of government that wishes to practically exist in today's educated society has to be attractive by comparison. And example of a society overthrown very much by being irrelevant in today's world due to informational transfer and the appeal of ideals would be Russia under the Tsars. where coming back from the war where ideals were compared many soldiers felt shortchanged and dissatisfied in Russia.

Therefore Democracy is the most practically relevent and most appealing of systems of governance.

NICK QUAH