Importance Of Being A Democratic Citizen

This essay was made to acknowledge and understand the importance of ways to be a good democratic citizen which is something that is a priority and very essential on daily basis. Especially in a diverse society which is a combination of different types of people in which there is a variety of races, cultures, physical appearances, skin colours, differences in opinions, differences in their belief systems or religion, etc. To understand the true meaning of the word ‘democratic citizenship’, it is also important to be able to understand the word ‘citizen’ in the first place. Referring to a research from a dictionary website on the internet, I would define the word ‘citizen’ as a native or naturalised member of a state, a nation, or a particular …show more content…
One of the ways of being a good democratic citizen is to be willing to express your own political ideas or opinions to the people in the society.Which is very important especially in a diverse society because diversity within a society can bring in many different thoughts and opinions of how to improve the society from different kinds of people. Democracy system basically means a government system which the power belongs to the people and participating in political activities would be an example for one of the great ways of being a good democratic citizen. Examples for democratic political activities that the citizens in the society could participate would be registering and voting for your own country’s head of the government (prime minister or president), attending political fundraising functions, contributing money to political campaigns, political parties or partisan political groups, etc. But only willing to express your own political ideas or opinions wouldn’t be enough to become a good democratic citizen. In fact, the citizen within the society should learn to become reasonable and open-hearted about other people’s political ideas and also be willing to listen, respect, and accept to …show more content…
Respecting the law would help to decrease the conflicts and problems that could happen from diversity in a society. Another thing that is a priority in a diverse society is to respect your own and also other people’s rights and independence. Rights and freedom are very important especially in a diverse society during these days because nowadays the world is a globalized world in which the rights and freedom for everyone in the society should be taken care of seriously. Another thing that is very important is that everyone in the society should be active and willing to prevent any conflicts or issues from happening and also willing to find a better way to solve for the issues no matter if it’s within a society, the country, or the world. But still, being responsible for the society wouldn’t be enough. You and everyone in the society should be responsible to your own duties and responsibilities within your family, school, community or society, and your country. It can be by participating to vote for the prime minister or