Democracy: The Pros And Cons Of A Democracy

Imagine you’re in the United States and it is the 2016 presidential election. After completing registration you get in line at the voting booths and cast your vote for the presidential candidate of your choosing. The votes are tallied and though your preferred candidate did not win, you gave your input on who should be the next President. Now, imagine you do not live in the United States. You are actually a citizen in the United Kingdom and without your vote Queen Elizabeth II is put into power. How would you react to the sudden change in government? Well, the difference between the two nations is their political system. Whereas the United States has chosen a democracy, the United Kingdom has chosen a monarchy. Countries have chosen to adopt systems of government that they believe will benefit their nation. Many have adopted Democracy because it is seen as a way to promote unity and positivity within the nation, but there is a handful that dislike Democracy and have picked a different route in their government. They hate democracy because it puts the power of government in the hands of the people and therefore choose distinctive political systems. The question is, what has …show more content…
They inform us that just as any other system of government we must see that there is a large number of views that some may not see. They believe that a negative aspect of the system is that, a democracy may encourage more segregation. Due to the issues that any society must face such as equal rights, the pay gap between genders, ETC.., people tend to congregate with like-minded people instead of compromising with others (“19 pros”). Though this seems to be true, I do not think that converging with like-minded people will cause segregation. Even without a democracy people are gravitated to others with the same mind set, but that does not suddenly create segregation within a