"Democracy creates stability in a society"
Democracy is currently one of the most popular form of political systems in the world. Though there might not be many pure democratic systems around, more or less every other system carries a slight form of it at the very least in their systems, Why? Because it is one of the main keys to a stable society which is peaceful and suitable for development.
But what is it that makes democracy successful in current day context? With the American civil war, breaking down of colonialism, the emphasis is having a national identity (independence) and having rights of freedom in speech and choice. People now wish to grasp hold of their own lives and wants their voices heard during policy making of their own country. It is seen as both a right and a need of each citizen, being able to vote for what they wish to see instead of being ignorantly kept in the dark. People have learnt from past experiences (British colonial rule) that they should never leave their country totally in the hands of others.
Basically, every representative group's say in the country's direction and development needs to be heard to satisfy at least the majority of the modern day society. Democracy is able to achieve just that.
Democracy provides a platform for people to voice opinions and gain feedback and it widens tha range of choices and the freedom to express them for every citizen. The generated point of view is therefore larger and caters to a bigger spectrum of needs. Though all might not be met, all can be considered and the majority is satisfied at the end of a day with a viable solution. It gives the people the right to choose their OWN style of life and their OWN leaders to rule them accordingly to how they wish to be ruled. When the majority is satisfied that they are heard and their needs are met, there would be no significant uproar in society and stability thus ensues socially.
Politically, democracy allows a fairer vote of power as the power of the vote is from each liable citizen in the country. The leaders are therefore, voted through popularity based on their credibility, campaign and most importantly the respect and attention they earn from the people. Henceforth, this form of election is alot fairer than a election by a council as it firstly provides a larger group of people to vote which validates the polls due to increased sample size, more importantly, it is able to link directly to the people under effect of the campaigns, which is the people of the country. Thus, a democratic election is able to gain acceptance and popularity of the country's citizens and create content and stability amongst them as the majority's political opinion and power has been expressed the way they want to.
Economically, it provides a larger and more open market ground for more investment, entrprenuership ventures as well as exportations. It increases a flow of trade in the country as the political tension is minimal or resolved, therefore tension is insignificant to restrict any form of economic activity to to create a form of dominance in the economic field in order to maintain political power. There is freedom and space to explore, therefore giving more opportunities to people, allowing rapid development along without the implications/restrictions/binding of the political system or social opinions, therefore it is easier to reach a stable and strong economic status.
Furthermore, looking at past failures of dictatorship and communism, I.e. the Soviet Union, whereby the dictator was unable to tolerate other points of view even when there was major protest against it. It shows the lack of sight and scope of this form of system, something democracy is actually build on. In timed context, it could have worked in the past whereby people's mindset were more conservative and obedient, but with the ongoing strength of the campaign of freedom of choice/speech etc. democracy definitely is the strongest pillars present in today's world to keep the ceilings of the country in place, whereas all the other systems act as sub-supporting pillars in varying circumstances to meet different less major needs. In all they supplement the central pillar of democracy in order to create stability in society.
Jin Fu (14) 3B
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