Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your concern about the rampant use of fake news as an election machinery during the ongoing assembly elections in your state. Suggest ways in which you think fake news can be counter balanced. (Words limit- 150-200)
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To editor,
Parliamentary democracies are under pressure around the world. It is shown by the Index of Democracy, published by the British Institute of Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The report says that less than 5 percent of the world's population lives in 20 countries that, according to the Index, are countries of accurate and complete democracy. When governments do not pursue the policies that voters demand and when voters lose confidence in democracy, then a problem arises." Despite everything, existing democratic institutions have an enormous emancipatory character that must be defended over and over again every day. This is not just about equality but also about collective self-determination, according to which we as a society rationally organize and manage our everyday life. In a globalized world, more and more decisions are made by companies and concerns, not parliaments. These are decisions aimed at privatization, profit, and competition. Democracy as we have it promises things that it cannot fulfill because its area of activity is enormously narrowed.
By office staff.