Over the decades, states all over the world have
adopted different forms of governments to suit their needs and purposes.
Ranging from the dictators to monarchs and from the republicans to the
democrats, the world has seen it all. Some regimes have proved to be successful
while some are still trying to figure out where they went wrong. However, it
seems that democracy has always emerged as the victor and is the most widely
used political system today.
This brings me to my question- why democracy? Democracy is broadly defined as “rule of the people by the people”. It is, by far, the most popular form of a government. Regardless of its various forms, democracy represents power to the people. Most of the states today practice representative democracy where the elect legislators who in turn make laws for them. While the direct democratic system is more pure in that it allows every individual person to make decisions in the form of plebiscites or votes, it is only practiced in Switzerland today.
The popularity of a democratic system stems from the idea of
freedom. People are free to decide their own government and the system under
which they want to live. They decide their own set of rules. Other governing
systems do not allow for this kind of power to lie in the hands of the general
public. As society is evolving and people are becoming more educated and aware
of their surroundings, the democratic system suits their interests and fulfills
their needs- for the time being at least.
2 comments:
you are saying about democracy that it is the the rule of the people. ok i m agree with your that point. you are saying that its the system where people form the government according to their own choices but then you said they can live according to that system where they want, no its not that. I m not sure about other countries but in Pakistan, the people only make the leaders according to their own choices but they will live a life according to the system which the leaders will make and in Pakistan, the leaders are playing with us and almost every time when we make the leaders from a democratic system then we say oh next time we ll make the honest leaders. Simply in Pakistan, he democratic system can never be proved successful.
Although the democratic system does seem to provide freedom at its face value,it is important to assess how 'free' people really are in making their choices.Are we really free to choose who we want to elect when a handful of people belonging to a certain class are the only ones eligible and able to run for office?In this era of manufactured consent are we really powerful enough to make decisions that benefit us and not the ones in power?Is power really in the hands of the people when only a few officials get to decide government policies?
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