Democracy: Achieving Social Democracy In The United States

I do not believe in perfect political solutions. The human race is diverse. Human beings have organized into communities for thousands of years, adhering to common rules of conduct. Despite ample time, no single policy or political agenda has endured the millennium. Individual societies have developed independently and therefore, can be held to no standard but their own. My political philosophy is that government is best when is behaves as either a delegate or a trustee on behalf of its people. At the expense of monarchs and autocrats, representative democracies overwhelmingly lean toward the former. As long as governments operate with these constraints in mind — prioritizing either the will or the best interest of the people — any policy may be considered legitimate. Government operating in opposition to the general will or best interest of its people is poor government. …show more content…
Rome itself shifted between elaborate elected authorities and emperors. Both administrations were capable of acting as legitimate governments. The structure of an authority does not dictate its relative quality. Be that as it may, a well intentioned government is best established with fundamental civil liberties and individual rights in mind. The United States, a liberal democracy, provides for these fundamental protections. Scandinavian countries, on the other hand, take another step, promoting social democracy — government with the goal of providing for the social needs (education, health, welfare) of citizens. Neither system is superior by