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Well, it's not hard to see a few. One would be the idea that people can vote themselves a living at the expense of others. This is not a problem until the 'others' have been reduced to parity, or form underground economies. Then there's the idea that in a good democracy nothing bad ever happens - after all it's a 'good' country. So thousands of laws are passed to prevent bad things from happening - even time and chance. Many of these laws are useless and expensive and a very real drain on the nation. A good example is 'No Child Left Behind'. Think about it - we'd BETTER be leaving LOTS of children behind! Do you really want an M.I.T or CalTech into which EVERY American child could be admitted! Do you want to lower or raise the standards of education? Another problem with democracies happens when one large segment of society refuses to respect the others. It may be more polite than the tribal wars one sees in Africa, but it is still very destructive. In the recent presidential campaign the news media were STRONGLY allied with one party - one side got almost all of the press, and almost all of it was positive. In such a situation the public can not and does not vote intelligently. How could they without valid information? How can a democracy survie if its citizens are un-informed about very important issues? Boy I could go on until I die of old age... These are just a start.
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∙ 13y agoThe best example I ever heard as a PoliSci major was that in a democracy, if there are 10 people in a room and 6 don't like a guy, they can kill him and make it legal. It is known as "mob rule".
Conversely, a republic (nothing to do with either political party) is "rule of law", so there are procedures for all group actions--you can't just execute people you don't like because you got the majority to agree with you.
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∙ 14y agoeverything has pros and cons. Democracy has many pros and a few cons. Freedom of speech could be used to do damage for example.
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∙ 12y agoTyranny of the majority
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