The problem with democracy is that you can vote people in who do not believe in democracy.
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that your vote is not worth much
And the let them tamper with the very thing that allowed them to participate.
But that only happens when you have a significant portion of the population who don't believe in #democracy
Maybe they do. But their view of democracy is such that it undermines the rights of the minority and it leads to a dictatorship of the majority.
That too. It doesn't carry much weight if the regime decides to skip it. It's a piece of paper anyway and that piece of paper has nothing to withstand the power of guns.
Yes the state has power towards the citizen, it is the people are always discontented undoubtedly with the political regime they have over their heads, and common sense of acceptable things that varies a lot.
I think the problem with democracy is that everyone will eventually just destroy themselves by voting for free stuff
Only one of the problems with democracy, chief among them being that it is simply tyranny by 50% of the voters plus1 person.
It's ability to change regimes so quickly tends to lean candidates to only looking short term as another
Agreed, and possibly nowhere is this more evident than here in New Zealand where the election cycle is 3 years. Y1 = getting your feet under the desk, Y2 = implementing policy, Y3 = campaigning for re-election.
Yes, one of its big drivers towards bad decisions making.
Well said!
The main problem with democracy is all people will not be informed on the decisions they are required to make.
The result is Just Good Enough propaganda to keep your buddies in power to keep the grift going in their favor
And best if you can set yourself up to profit regardless of what the unwashed masses think, of course
That is the fundamental flaw in Democracy. This is the reason that Aristotle rejected democracy.