Democracy. A word that sounds very simple, but has many different connotations. Anyone could have an opinion about what democracy is, whether or not if they have created this opinion on their own, or were influenced by others. Some say democracy is destruction, some say it is the best and only way that the modern world can be ruled. Democracy is a complex term, as Winston Churchill stated, “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time” (McGovern 271). This quotation speaks for itself when making the point that all forms of government are insufficient, but when they are compared, democracy is slightly
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Both the American and French revolutions were what set the essential principles of democracy. Knowing about the extensive outcomes of these two revolutions are crucial to understanding today’s democracy, however this quotation explaining a declaration that the Convention made summarizes the existence and the journey of democracy. "When the Convention declared: 'The liberty of one citizen ends where the liberty of another citizen begins' it summed up in a simple axiom the whole law of human society” (Warwick 75). I believe that the concept of equality and how someone’s rights may not be above anyone else’s is the foundation of democracy. The fact that this was established during the French Revolution proves that the struggle for freedom was indeed victorious. Despite the losses, people were successful in getting their voices heard.
When people are free to get their voices heard, they try to capture equality among each other. However, the process of equality often gets disrupted, and this disruption causes some people to be more equal than others. This inequality is caused by the traits that humans can not change about themselves; their race, religion, sexual orientation and many more. In the poem Democracy by Langston Hughes, the struggle which African Americans went through during the segregation in the United States is …show more content…
Going back to the basics of democracy, voting to choose those that may represent you is crucial when it comes to how you wish to live in your own country. An example to this could be the 2014 election in India where Narendra Modi, a candidate for prime minister from Bharatiya Janata Party, created an economic development plan that could help India’s economy drastically (Shah). Narendra Modi won with a majority, showing that with democracy allowing it, people can get what they want for their country. The reason why he won, except for his promise to improve his country, is because democracy affects both individuals and societies, while supplying hope for them. If the voters did not believe that their vote could make a difference, they would not have voted in the first place. The possibility of a better economy gave the voters hope, that their future as a country were in their
Both the American and French revolutions were what set the essential principles of democracy. Knowing about the extensive outcomes of these two revolutions are crucial to understanding today’s democracy, however this quotation explaining a declaration that the Convention made summarizes the existence and the journey of democracy. "When the Convention declared: 'The liberty of one citizen ends where the liberty of another citizen begins' it summed up in a simple axiom the whole law of human society” (Warwick 75). I believe that the concept of equality and how someone’s rights may not be above anyone else’s is the foundation of democracy. The fact that this was established during the French Revolution proves that the struggle for freedom was indeed victorious. Despite the losses, people were successful in getting their voices heard.
When people are free to get their voices heard, they try to capture equality among each other. However, the process of equality often gets disrupted, and this disruption causes some people to be more equal than others. This inequality is caused by the traits that humans can not change about themselves; their race, religion, sexual orientation and many more. In the poem Democracy by Langston Hughes, the struggle which African Americans went through during the segregation in the United States is …show more content…
Going back to the basics of democracy, voting to choose those that may represent you is crucial when it comes to how you wish to live in your own country. An example to this could be the 2014 election in India where Narendra Modi, a candidate for prime minister from Bharatiya Janata Party, created an economic development plan that could help India’s economy drastically (Shah). Narendra Modi won with a majority, showing that with democracy allowing it, people can get what they want for their country. The reason why he won, except for his promise to improve his country, is because democracy affects both individuals and societies, while supplying hope for them. If the voters did not believe that their vote could make a difference, they would not have voted in the first place. The possibility of a better economy gave the voters hope, that their future as a country were in their