“Modern political democracy is a system of governance in which rulers are held accountable for their actions in the public realm by citizens, acting indirectly through the competition and cooperation of their elected representatives.” This definition about democracy above is a quote written by Philippe C. Schmitter, a professor of political science at Stanford University. This quote describes the best system of governance in the modern world based on the outcomes listed below. In Samuel Huntington’s book, The Third Wave, he poses that the world is developing and therefore democratizing . This brings up the point that democracy is the more developed system therefore yielding superior results. I believe democracies produce better outcomes than
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Democracy is the relationship between the rulers and the ruled , which allows for values of character and individual persons integrity to shine in paramount public decisions . In contrast, according to John Donald Lewis, a scholar of comparative politics, communism can be reached through a dictatorship where the proletariat class rules and utilizes force freely on the ruled people . These two definitions highlight the dissimilarity between the two regimes. Under democracy, when citizens are represented, their voices are heard. One example of democracy at work is the Declaration of Independence, which gave an outcome of certain “inalienable rights” to the people to ensure their individual freedom . The outcomes of this very important document stand today, revealed by the strength of the modern United States as a country. Communist states do not have a similar document to protect individual freedom seen by the constitution of the U.S.S.R. In this constitution, power is said to be divided among eleven different decentralized states with one leader. All the while in reality, the communist party had an ever-present control that lead like a machine . The USSR falling in 1991 shows that the product of involving the citizens works better than giving all power to leaders. While democracy gives free choice and recognition of new ideas, communism does not. This is seen in the election of 1937 in the Soviet Union. During this election, there was not one criticism of the government, because there was only one “legal” party, which provides a body that cannot legislate because they cannot debate . This outcome is negative for the reason that there is no improvement of the current (at the time) system. Overall, communism is said to lead to a dictatorship that is ruthless and destroys institutions that provide liberty . The outcomes from these two
Democracy is the relationship between the rulers and the ruled , which allows for values of character and individual persons integrity to shine in paramount public decisions . In contrast, according to John Donald Lewis, a scholar of comparative politics, communism can be reached through a dictatorship where the proletariat class rules and utilizes force freely on the ruled people . These two definitions highlight the dissimilarity between the two regimes. Under democracy, when citizens are represented, their voices are heard. One example of democracy at work is the Declaration of Independence, which gave an outcome of certain “inalienable rights” to the people to ensure their individual freedom . The outcomes of this very important document stand today, revealed by the strength of the modern United States as a country. Communist states do not have a similar document to protect individual freedom seen by the constitution of the U.S.S.R. In this constitution, power is said to be divided among eleven different decentralized states with one leader. All the while in reality, the communist party had an ever-present control that lead like a machine . The USSR falling in 1991 shows that the product of involving the citizens works better than giving all power to leaders. While democracy gives free choice and recognition of new ideas, communism does not. This is seen in the election of 1937 in the Soviet Union. During this election, there was not one criticism of the government, because there was only one “legal” party, which provides a body that cannot legislate because they cannot debate . This outcome is negative for the reason that there is no improvement of the current (at the time) system. Overall, communism is said to lead to a dictatorship that is ruthless and destroys institutions that provide liberty . The outcomes from these two