TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD ELEMENTS OF DEMOCRACY BE PROMOTED IN S

             Would you rather have freedom and privileges under your parents control or none at all? Parents setting and running the rules their child is related to what essentials a democratic government uses to run a nation. The issues of government raise several questions such as doe's government involvement in peoples lives guarantee stability and security for them? Can the government be held accountable and if not can they easily be replaced? Will the rights and freedoms of minority groups be promoted and supported? The questions introduce the ideas of democracy and dictatorship. Democracy is based on an ideology of John Locke and he believed everybody was born reasonable and citizens should chose a good leader to un the nation and if they weren't doing a good job then the people have the right 2 rebel. Democracy is a multi party system that originated in Athens, Greece. It focuses on the will of the majority while respected the minorities. Thomas Hobbes promotes dictatorship and he thought everybody was born equal so society needed a strong leader to run the nation backed up by a strong military. Dictatorship is run by centralized power focusing on the stability of the nation. In a democratic society civil liberties are promoted, minority groups are supported, there is a higher standard of living, and there is freedom of press and speech. However, they tend to have a weaker military to defend them and there is inefficiency and high costs to run the nation. Dictatorships use extreme force on other nations and well as own to keep the obedience of the people, there is elitism which leads to discrimination, racism, and prejudice to minority groups. Dictatorship has strong military to defend them; there is better stability, and they also gain obedience of citizens. Upon Analysis this issue remains complex. However due to the fact that democracy promotes minority rights and freedoms, accountability, and separation of powers and dictatorsh...

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