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Originally Posted by Dextro
In the words of Wiston Churchill: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
Sure it has a lot of issues but it's still a whole lot better than the alternatives.
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Democracy happens. But so far we see it is far more complicated than simply have an election. It seems only the superficial elements of democracy was being taught, and that's why it is a hit or miss whether it takes root or not.
Democracy can only work if everyone understand what elections truly meant, and what an elected leader is suppose to do. Just going through the motions without understand, means no real change in the politics. A big part is that the population has to get involved. It is easy to force a Monarchy or Aristocracy on people, because you don't need the population to do anything. But with Democracy, it is a social contract. Enough people need to be on the same page.
I don't have the answers. There had been many nations converting to democracy in recent history, in part to modernise. And there doesn't seem to be any patten on which attempts succeed and which fails. Sure, corruption and bad leaders occur , but many nations became democratic despite corrupt leaders. So it just seems like a luck of the draw in whether democracy can work in any place.