democracy 2
Date Submitted: 04/30/2004 13:31:33
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (755 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (755 words)
George Bernard Shaw once said: "Democracy substitutes election
by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few...", and
while I don't have nearly such a bleak outlook on our method of
government, Mr. Shaw does hold an iota of truth in his quotation. In a
perfect world, where everyone is informed, intelligent, and aware of
their system of administration, democracy would work perfectly. In a
world where there are different personalities, dissimilar concerns and
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…factor is introduced, an incalculable
variable is introduced into any equation, political or otherwise. It
may appear that a philosopher king may have a short term upper hand,
but eventually, that system will fall under its own bureaucracy; as
badly as a system where the ignorance of nation would rule themselves.
John Lowell is quoted as saying "Democracy gives everyone the right to
be his own oppressor..." so why put more oppression in a country?
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