The term democracy is derived from the Greek terms “demos” meaning “people” and “kratos” meaning “rule”, so democracy means the rule of the people (Ashe 2015). This means that in a democratic government the power to choose their leaders is vested in the general population and the general public opinion is taken into account. Sir Winston Churchill words declaring democracy as the “worst form of government imaginable, except for all the others.” (Jeanette 2015) hinted that though all forms of government that have been tried so far display their serious concerns, all other forms of government produce even less desirable results than democracy. Thus, answering the question this essay prompts, this paper agrees that democracy is the best form of
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In Tunisia in 2010, there was a wave of protests that led to the overthrow of authoritarian rulers in Tunisia and in Egypt, Libya, & Yemen (Jeanette 2015). These Arab spring protests are an example of how authoritarian governments are failing to run placidly because of unhappy people. A famous incident is when a mob of angry citizens who had had enough of dictatorship rule publicly pummeled the ex-ruler of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, with rifle butts who then, died. The freedom house’s rating of political and civil rights shows that the countries such as Saudi Arabia who are under the monarchy system are lowest rated in terms of political and civil freedom whereas the democracies, Australia, USA, UK and Canada are rated 1, completely free (Freedom house 2014).
This paper has provided arguments to support democracy as a better form of government than any of the authoritarian forms. This is because it provides people with basic human rights and has a better chance of running an economy smoothly, in a less corrupted way due to public involvement, right to elect and political
In Tunisia in 2010, there was a wave of protests that led to the overthrow of authoritarian rulers in Tunisia and in Egypt, Libya, & Yemen (Jeanette 2015). These Arab spring protests are an example of how authoritarian governments are failing to run placidly because of unhappy people. A famous incident is when a mob of angry citizens who had had enough of dictatorship rule publicly pummeled the ex-ruler of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, with rifle butts who then, died. The freedom house’s rating of political and civil rights shows that the countries such as Saudi Arabia who are under the monarchy system are lowest rated in terms of political and civil freedom whereas the democracies, Australia, USA, UK and Canada are rated 1, completely free (Freedom house 2014).
This paper has provided arguments to support democracy as a better form of government than any of the authoritarian forms. This is because it provides people with basic human rights and has a better chance of running an economy smoothly, in a less corrupted way due to public involvement, right to elect and political