Does Democracy even work?

[Mkuki]

I don't like that option.

Because......

I don't approve of anarchy or anarchism.

[Blasveck]

I don't like that option.

Anarchy is obviously giving the people the most amount of freedom possible... if you are the last man standing.

Please understand what you're talking about before you make any criticisms.
Anarchy is not a "Dog eat Dog" world.

[Trotskylvania]

Whilst it is also true our countries in EU as well as North America had the advantage from assets gained from colonial era plunder to Cold War under-development of the tri-continental.

That doesn't answer the question of whether or not, say, a feudal system could work.

The problem is that Liberal Democracy came about in an altogether more enlightened era, and was lucky enough to not hit any real roadblocks to it's advancement. Most tragedies that happen under it are usually ignored or dismissed as merely the fault of the people, not the system.

Whereas when you mention feudalism, Autocracy, or Communism, people immediately jump to "Example nations: Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, Etc.." And start using the atrocities committed there to ignore any potential advantages of that particular organization system.

The problem with your thesis is that the correlation holds true across development levels, and even across historical epochs. The only partial exceptions are the states associated with 20th century "really existing socialism", i.e., Marxism-Leninism, who still utilize democratic institutional forms and mass political participation in the context of a single-party state.

[Pandeeria]

I am going to have to go with the option Other, but leaning towards yes. IMO Democracy only works for a set amount of time before things start to degrade into corruption. If the democracy is very well maintained then it could last for an extremely long time but would in the end will still degrade.

However, Democracy is preferable to no-democracy.

[Trotskylvania]

Sure it is. Losing the ability to choose one's leaders is very bad.

Or no leaders.

That's always an option.

While I look forward to the day when we can be like Culture Minds, and thus be able to deal with seven billion people on a first name basis, and have a thought provoking conversation with each and everyone in a single day, I'm afraid in the interim we're going to have to deal with some manner of delegation of authority.

[Draakonite]

Anarchy is obviously giving the people the most amount of freedom possible... if you are the last man standing.

Please understand what you're talking about before you make any criticisms.
Anarchy is not a "Dog eat Dog" world.

I doubt that most people would know the word Anomie, that's why i used the word that describes this state in common speech.

[Luveria]

Because......

I don't approve of anarchy or anarchism.

Anarchists don't approve of you either.

Anarchy is obviously giving the people the most amount of freedom possible... if you are the last man standing.

Please understand what you're talking about before you make any criticisms.
Anarchy is not a "Dog eat Dog" world.

An anarchic society could be, but that's not what Anarchism means.

[Liriena]

Switzerland seems to be doing just fine.

[Luveria]

Switzerland seems to be doing just fine.

You're mistaken. They don't have single-payer healthcare.

[Ifreann]

Switzerland seems to be doing just fine.

That's what they want you to think.

[The Emerald Legion]

So, a society that is the exact mirror of what a liberal democracy aims to achieve, barring the utter absence of public influence of the government. Would be bad?

Yeah, basically.

Why? What's so magically special about democracy that it should always be included even when irrelevant or in some cases even detrimental?

[Zonolia]

Well it's the only government system to ever exist...so...yes, yes it does work.

[Luveria]

Well it's the only government system to ever exist...so...yes, yes it does work.

What...? Absolute monarchies never existed?

[The Emerald Legion]

Well it's the only government system to ever exist...so...yes, yes it does work.

That's just blatant nonsense.

[Blasveck]

Yeah, basically.

Why? What's so magically special about democracy that it should always be included even when irrelevant or in some cases even detrimental?

Because the most free and prosperous nations have been democracies?

People tend to vote for freedom.

[Magna Libero]

It doesn't work when the rightwingers or free market capitalists aren't in power. True story.

[Zonolia]

Well it's the only government system to ever exist...so...yes, yes it does work.

What...? Absolute monarchies never existed?

Yes, they have, because a large majority of people supported the crown hence they were allowed to rule...

Well it's the only government system to ever exist...so...yes, yes it does work.

That's just blatant nonsense.

Not really...government cannot exist unless a large majority support them...

[Mkuki]

What...? Absolute monarchies never existed?

Yes, they have, because a large majority of people supported the crown hence they were allowed to rule...

That's just blatant nonsense.

Not really...government cannot exist unless a large majority support them...

That's not democracy. That's the social contract theory.

[Blasveck]

What...? Absolute monarchies never existed?

Yes, they have, because a large majority of people supported the crown hence they were allowed to rule...

That's just blatant nonsense.

Not really...government cannot exist unless a large majority support them...

Government can easily exist without popular support.

Just look at.....well, every totalitarian state ever. And probably monarchies too.

[Luveria]

What...? Absolute monarchies never existed?

Yes, they have, because a large majority of people supported the crown hence they were allowed to rule...

That has nothing to do with democracy.

Not really...government cannot exist unless a large majority support them...

Okay, so the USSR was democratic. I see.

[Jack Holland]

No government works. Democracy just has the least amount of flaws.

[Draakonite]

What...? Absolute monarchies never existed?

Yes, they have, because a large majority of people supported the crown hence they were allowed to rule...

That's just blatant nonsense.

Not really...government cannot exist unless a large majority support them...

You know, with the invention of things like the gatling gun, the ratio of people who hate the government to people overall, can be much higher without provoking a successfull revolution.

[Liriena]

Switzerland seems to be doing just fine.

You're mistaken. They don't have single-payer healthcare.

Nobody's perfect.

[Jack Holland]

No government works. Democracy just has the least amount of flaws.

[Blasveck]

No government works Democracy just has the least amount of flaws.

Edgy.

I doubt you're an anarchist though.