The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Quote by Winston Churchill
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In America, we are typically raised to believe that "Democracy" is good and necessary and once the whole world has it we'll be knee-deep in wealth and health. People rarely ask why, and perhaps even more rarely what harm could come from it. Democracy is mob rule. An ill-informed mob can make HORRIBLE decisions. Does someone who doesn't know the first thing about economics/politics/issues REALLY deserve to have their vote weighed the same as someone who is an expert on the issue at hand? Why? Because they happen to live near each other? Does that really sound beneficial or logical? Side: Agree
I agree with you. I remember a few years ago a newspaper in the UK started posting names and addresses of convicted paedophiles. A paediatrician was killed because a group of vigilantes got the two terms confused. But here is another quote from Winston: "“democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others” Maybe he has a point. It is difficult to imagine a system that is better. I suppose just by it not being a direct democracy. Side: Agree
This is why I think some form of political education is important in school. If they have enough time to yak on about STDs while the entire class covers their eyes, I'm sure there's time for something fundamental to the core values of the western society: democracy. Side: Agree
Our founders knew that so precious a thing as deciding the path of our nation and their great experiment, must not in trusted to the uninformed voter. They were in fact keenly aware that the success of our nation depended upon an informed electorate. Primarily because of these concerns, they did not allow everyone to vote. We have since undone some of their wisdom. Side: Agree
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The best argument for Democracy is a five-minute conversation with a politician. You actually think Government should control the people because you claim they are smarter? They are CORRUPT LIARS! They reached the heights of becoming congressmen or President by lies, big money, pay offs, etc.etc.etc. You take away the little control people have over picking the lessor of two evils, and you end up with the likes of ISIS running our nation. Who ever has the most money or the most power will rule the people. Side: Disagree
This seems like a question better suited for a clarification. Since it is after all asking a simple question (loaded as it may be) but offering no counter point. Unless the counter point in question is supposed to be that there is no better system you can think of, in which case I'd say that's a horrible argument in favor of something, the lack of a better version. Side: Agree
The best argument against Winston Churchills legitimacy is similarly an ad hominem attack. This man was responsible for appaling crimes against humanity such as concentration camps in South Africa, and the Bengal Famine where a a number of people died roughly equal to the number of people who died in the Holocaust. But no one knows how to express his rascism better than Churchill himself. ""I do not admit… that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia… by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race… has come in and taken its place. " - Winston Churchill, 1937 Side: Disagree
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