Question

Values underlying a democratic lifestyle and their importance

Answer 1

Over the past decades many countries have experienced rapid changes in their economies, their democratic institutions and the values of their citizens. Comprehensive data measuring these changes across very different countries has recently become openly available. Between country similarities suggest common underlying dynamics in how countries develop in terms of economy, democracy and cultural values. We apply a novel Bayesian dynamical systems approach to identify the model which best captures the complex, mainly non-linear dynamics that underlie these changes. We show that the level of Human Development Index (HDI) in a country drives first democracy and then higher emancipation of citizens. This change occurs once the countries pass a certain threshold in HDI. The data also suggests that there is a limit to the growth of wealth, set by higher emancipation. Having reached a high level of 

Answer 2

Democratic lifestyle comes with the values of majority takes the day, it creates a sense of freedom and liberalism, the importance of a democratic lifestyle is the spirit that it inculcates in people, the spirit of liberalism and equality, this enables one to live with others in respect, peace and harmony. However it also has its own limitations.

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