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"Democracy creates stability in a society"
A society is socially stable when its citizens or people are at peace and there are little or no tensions and conflicts among them that may cause the society to deteriorate.
Democratic government is formed by representative of people elected at regular intervals. For a democracy to work properly in country, there are certain requirements that need to be fulfilled. To give a few examples, there must be equality among people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, language and religion; there must be understanding of democratic principles by the citizens of that country; the country must have professional army that does not have any political ambitions and no one must be above the law.
There are several examples of instability happening under the democratic system. One example is the civil war in America. The slavery system where fellow human beings were not treated equally caused that unrest. In Pakistan, attempts have been made to impose democracy many times since her independence which has failed miserably. Recently in Thailand, the elected government of Thailand was thrown out by the army over corruption charges casing instability in that country.
Analyzing these situations, we discover that one or other requirement of democracy was not met. The reason for the American civil war was inequality and discrimination among fellow citizens whereas in case of Pakistan there are reasons were like non professional military having a huge political interest. Their repeated ambition to take over the power is further fueled by the corrupt politicians with lack of transparency in the government. In the case of Thailand the executives starts undermining the authority of judiciary making the people nervous of possible anarchy. This forced the security forces to take control. This shows that democratic system, if boundary conditions are no met, may not be the ideal system providing stability in all the countries of the world.
On the positive side, democratic system does have provided great stability in many countries. In fact only a very small number of countries, e.g. Bangladesh, Uganda, Philippines, Thailand, East Timor etc. have experienced instability under democracy. Democracy being a system of inclusion addresses the concerns of every individual of society through opposition and proposition. Finding solution while addressing difference not only gives out best results, it also satisfies everyone. The main reason for instability is dissatisfaction causing uprising. This definition “of the people”, “for the people” and “by the people” gives the freedom to communities to choose the way they want their system to work making them responsible for their own actions. They enjoy the freedom and get a chance to change it in case the things are not going the expected way.
Democracy promotes competition which helps innovation leading flourishing in economy and wealth creation. The improved economic scenario improves the quality of life of people increasing the satisfaction level; another reason for higher stability.
There are several ways of governance like, monarchy, dictatorship, communism, socialism, democracy etc. Based on results, as of today the democracy is out performed all the others in terms of lifting the standard of life and most importantly providing stability. But how long this will last, still has to be seen. Democratic system is fuelling the capitalism and hence consumerism so much so that it starts to harm the very nature where we live in. The global warming, pollution, economic imbalance in the society etc, if not checked will create more harm and instability than good. The other systems of governance with all their deficiency at least left nature intact. This freedom coming from democracy will provide all the comfort but no place to enjoy it. This is the reason for being non committal on the future of democracy.
Democratic government is formed by representative of people elected at regular intervals. For a democracy to work properly in country, there are certain requirements that need to be fulfilled. To give a few examples, there must be equality among people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, language and religion; there must be understanding of democratic principles by the citizens of that country; the country must have professional army that does not have any political ambitions and no one must be above the law.
There are several examples of instability happening under the democratic system. One example is the civil war in America. The slavery system where fellow human beings were not treated equally caused that unrest. In Pakistan, attempts have been made to impose democracy many times since her independence which has failed miserably. Recently in Thailand, the elected government of Thailand was thrown out by the army over corruption charges casing instability in that country.
Analyzing these situations, we discover that one or other requirement of democracy was not met. The reason for the American civil war was inequality and discrimination among fellow citizens whereas in case of Pakistan there are reasons were like non professional military having a huge political interest. Their repeated ambition to take over the power is further fueled by the corrupt politicians with lack of transparency in the government. In the case of Thailand the executives starts undermining the authority of judiciary making the people nervous of possible anarchy. This forced the security forces to take control. This shows that democratic system, if boundary conditions are no met, may not be the ideal system providing stability in all the countries of the world.
On the positive side, democratic system does have provided great stability in many countries. In fact only a very small number of countries, e.g. Bangladesh, Uganda, Philippines, Thailand, East Timor etc. have experienced instability under democracy. Democracy being a system of inclusion addresses the concerns of every individual of society through opposition and proposition. Finding solution while addressing difference not only gives out best results, it also satisfies everyone. The main reason for instability is dissatisfaction causing uprising. This definition “of the people”, “for the people” and “by the people” gives the freedom to communities to choose the way they want their system to work making them responsible for their own actions. They enjoy the freedom and get a chance to change it in case the things are not going the expected way.
Democracy promotes competition which helps innovation leading flourishing in economy and wealth creation. The improved economic scenario improves the quality of life of people increasing the satisfaction level; another reason for higher stability.
There are several ways of governance like, monarchy, dictatorship, communism, socialism, democracy etc. Based on results, as of today the democracy is out performed all the others in terms of lifting the standard of life and most importantly providing stability. But how long this will last, still has to be seen. Democratic system is fuelling the capitalism and hence consumerism so much so that it starts to harm the very nature where we live in. The global warming, pollution, economic imbalance in the society etc, if not checked will create more harm and instability than good. The other systems of governance with all their deficiency at least left nature intact. This freedom coming from democracy will provide all the comfort but no place to enjoy it. This is the reason for being non committal on the future of democracy.
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