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• Democracy


  Based on the principle of political equality, recognising that the poorest and the least educated has the same status as the rich and the educated
• People in a democracy

  Not subjects of a ruler, they are the rulers themselves
• Even when people in a democracy make mistakes, they are responsible for their conduct
• Democracy


  • Allows us to correct its own mistakes
  • There is a space for public discussion on these mistakes
  • There is a room for correction, either the rulers have to change their decisions, or the rulers can be changed
• This cannot happen in a non-democratic government
• Democracy cannot get us everything and is not the solution to all problems
• Democracy is clearly better than any other alternative that we know
• Advantages of democracy


  • Offers better chances of a good decision
  • Likely to respect people's own wishes
  • Allows different kinds of people to live together
  • Allows a way of correcting its mistakes
  • Offers more dignity to all citizens
• That is why democracy is considered the best form of government
• Democracy


  A form of government
• Democracy


  • Minimal features a democracy must have
• Representative democracy


  The most common form of democracy in our times
• In countries we call democracies, all the people do not rule
• A majority is allowed to take decisions on behalf of all the people
• The majority of people rule through their elected representatives
• Why representative democracy becomes necessary

  1. Modern democracies involve a large number of people that it is physically impossible for them to sit together and take a collective decision

  2. Citizens do not have the time, the desire or the skills to take part in all the decisions
• This gives a clear but minimal understanding of democracy
• This clarity helps to distinguish democracies from non-democracies
• This does not allow us to distinguish between a democracy and a good democracy