Discuss how representative democracy is better than military rule
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Democracy widely supported, little backing for rule by strong leader or military
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Governance can take many forms: by elected representatives, through direct votes by citizens, by a strong leader, the military or those with particular expertise. Some form of democracy is the public’s preference.
“The effect of [a representative democracy] is … to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country,” wrote James Madison in the Federalist Papers No. 10 in 1787 as Americans debated the nature of their new government. And a democratic system where representatives elected by citizens decide what becomes law is now the mode of governance in one form or another in most of the 38 countries included in the 2017 Pew Research Center survey.
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Is a military regime better than a democratic government?
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I doubt answer-ability of this question but will take it in my direction. What is the meaning of “democratic government?” Does it mean that qualified citizens vote or does it mean rule of the majority? Rule of the majority is present and future chaos.
The U.S. is not a democratic government, much as aliens, both domestic and foreign, claim. It is a republic under the rule of law. Many U.S. laws create complicated, interconnected means of selecting elected and appointed officials so as to prevent 1 person 1 vote consequences.
For example, a Wyoming Senator has equal vote in Senate decisions, yet
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Your question probably needs some editing.
I understand you ask which is better “military” or “democratic”?
I am afraid there is no simple answer. Democracy evolved within a specific culture (in this case Western). Cultural features are not easily exported to other cultures.
So I will limit my answer to Western countries and a couple more.
In Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America, definitely democracy is better. Military officers are usually not suited by temperament, education and life-long habits to govern a modern country (of course, you might find some exception). Retired military officers who run for office in democratic elections, mostly have a very poor record as politicians (again, there are some exceptions).
Now South America; it looks like part of the Western world. Actually, when Europe started the industrial revolution, South America remained behind (I will not discuss here why) and diverged from Europe.
Chile, after a brutal military dictatorship, succeeded in becoming democratic; so is Uruguay. And they are better off than before.
For countries like Brazil and Argentina, even their defective democracies are still better than under military dictatorships.
Japan, after WWII, under US dictate, formulated a democratic Constitution. The Japanese have a very peculiar culture and are very disciplined. If the West defeated Japan, then, in Japanese eyes this means the Western system must be better and should be adopted. They worked hard at it and it is a big success.
Singapore, under the wise leadership of their great statesman and founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, has all the democratic institutions and very strict rule by law, but the government is quite authoritarian. Singaporians seem to have adapted successfully a Western institution to its culture and specific geographic features (millions of people on a island of about 600 Km2). The result speaks for itself. Singapore is one of the richest countries in the world.
China is enormous and has a long history and well-rooted traditions of government, authority and relations between citizen and the State. Even so, until the 19th century, China was, and is now becoming again, one of the rich countries of the world. I don’t think that China could, even if its leadership wanted to, bring democracy to its people. Maybe by slow evolution over several generations. So I would not recommend democracy for China.
Muslim world - democracy is not suited to this culture due to its strong theocratic element and tribal identity of the people. A dictatorship or, maybe, a king is more suited to its temperament