Question

Democracy is not always good it has demerits too . give your views.

Answer 1

No it's good democracy is always good

Answer 2

Merits of democracy:

1. Peoples Choice: People can choose their leader irrespective of cast, creed, sex and even race. Even economically backward persons like Abraham Lincoln could become the president of the united states,  women like Margaret Thatcher prime minister of the UK, etc.

2. Change of power: If a person in authority is not fit to rule, he can be replaced by elections. Many politicians who were felt unfit to rule were changed in next elections. If they were fit, were given multiple chances to rule.

3. Equal and fair justice: In a democracy, no one is above the law, and everyone is equal before it. So equal justice is possible to all.

4. People participation: Since a person is elected by people, people have the right to decide their leader by involvement in voting.

5. Nationalism: Since every citizen is involved in building the country, there is a sense of patriotism and contributions to its growth.

6. Better and equal opportunities: All are equal before the law so any one can contest for any post. And if he is eligible he can take the opportunity.

7. Freedom of life: People are free to live their life as they wish without causing harm to others. This is fundamental right provided by law.

Demerits of democracy:

1. Corruption: There is a chance for full spread and evergreen corruption. A democratic leader is in position for a period. So there is a tendency to make money by use of power. Once he loses his power, he can live in a different country and evade the laws of the country. Hence it is easy for industries and companies to invest and get undue benefits from other nations by bribing that state leader. This is so common that dozens of U.S companies face bribery allegations.

2. No protection for the common man:  There is not protection for the common man as the leaders itself try to misuse or misbehave in public. Even security personnel and police treat the injustice differently. They favor those in power or wealthy and neglect or even cause trouble to those who are sick or weak socially.

3. Divide and rule: The leaders try to play divide and rule games. They, divide the people based on religion, caste, languages, etc. and try to gain votes to get power though there are not worthy to rule the state or country.

4. Unfair businesses: They encourage unfair trade practices to get support for election campaigns. This we can see as most politicians support rich people in return for monetary benefits like party funds etc.

5. Addiction for power: The sole motto of the politicians is to get into power and cling to it. There are very few leaders who work for the benefit of the country. Democracy is meant to elect one who is eligible and has sufficient experience to rule and lead the nation forward. But parties compete for power without even having right candidate for the post. So they use different means like money, protest, and strikes for publicity. Previously these strikes and protest lead to the French revolution, American revolution, etc. and democracies were established. But currently behind every strike and protest, there is a hand of a political party. The political parties can even halt the parliaments and senate from functioning smoothly. In places where there are multiple parties in a house. We can notice incidents where in one party tries to obstruct the house and see that voice of others are not heard.