Author Topic: Whither, Democracy?  (Read 3177 times)

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Offline TimG

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Re: Whither, Democracy?
« on: January 30, 2019, 04:01:10 pm »
One flaw I have noticed is that there is, in every democracy with which I know anything about, still a "democratic elite" that controls the votes of the less influential elements of society.
The election of Trump and Brexit demonstrate that is not true and the voters have the power to force through change that the "elites" oppose should they choose to exercise it.

I also think that democracy is consequence and not an end in itself. Successful societies need to be able to change which requires to a peaceful means to decide on what changes are needed. This, in turn, requires robust freedom of speech rights and a mechanism to replace the the people running the government without a civil war. Democracy is the only framework that is compatible with those requirements which means that, for all its flaws, it is the best system.
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