Thursday, October 2, 2014

No system of Government is perfect; even Democracy has many problems.

To be sure, Democracy has many problems, but those problems can be 'corrected'. They can be corrected because democracy is a government of the People, and hence the People are in a position to re-structure their social institutions, and pass laws, as the political need arises. Whereas, Autocratic forms are less susceptible to change, whether at the Top or the Bottom. Obviously, Autocracies will not tolerate 'free expression' or 'unregulated activity' as would a Democracy, and they do not tolerate, a change in the form of the Government. An Autocratic form is very 'fixed' and since it always acts from the Top, the Peoples at the Bottom are left 'unattended', whereas, in a Democracy, although the Top is also 'fixed', the Top 'governs' the Freedom and Equality of the Individual, at the Bottom. Hence, the welfare of the Individual is a big part of Government policy, in the Democratic form. Of course, there are still many problems, but the important thing is that once the problems are 'perceived', the Representatives are in a position to correct the problems. No system of Government is perfect. But, a Democracy is flexible enough to correct undemocratic practices, and to realign the 'institutions and laws' at the Bottom. Democracy is very flexible. Theoretically, Democracy cannot be improved, because its a Government, of the People, by the People, and for the same People who constitute it; nevertheless, its 'institutional and legal' implementation, can be 'smoothed out' considerably.

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