Is democracy the best form of government in all situations ? Inherently it seems that way, it seems sacrilegious to suggest another/alternative form. How does one have a meaningful conversation/discussion/argument over this...Is this also a matter of faith, does one have to have a etched in stone view of this, akin to religious faith or are there caveats and special considerations, but this form at this time or some other allowance. Here is an attempt to look at contrarian views to democracy and see if there is any merit to such views, and if yes what are the pitfalls ?
Democracy
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Democracy Excellent compilations of quotes on democracy
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/als/from_george_orwell_to_vaclav_havel.html...read article on democracy
"When I examined my political faith I found that my strongest belief was in democracy according to my own definition. Democracythe essential thing as distinguished from this or that democratic governmentwas primarily an attitude of mind, a spiritual testament, and not an economic structure or a political machine. The testament involved certain basic beliefsthat the personality was sacrosanct, which was the meaning of liberty; that policy should be settled by free discussion; that normally a minority should be ready to yield to a majority, which in turn should respect a minoritys sacred things. It seemed to me that democracy had been in the past too narrowly defined and had been identified illogically with some particular economic or political system such as laissez-faire or British parliamentarism. I could imagine a democracy which economically was largely socialist and which had not our constitutional pattern."
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/john-buchan-1st-baron-tweedsmuir#ixzz1OBazugN8
Government is "an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself"
Interesting Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/20/world/middleeast/middle-east-voices.html
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracies
Democracy
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Democracy Excellent compilations of quotes on democracy
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/als/from_george_orwell_to_vaclav_havel.html...read article on democracy
"When I examined my political faith I found that my strongest belief was in democracy according to my own definition. Democracythe essential thing as distinguished from this or that democratic governmentwas primarily an attitude of mind, a spiritual testament, and not an economic structure or a political machine. The testament involved certain basic beliefsthat the personality was sacrosanct, which was the meaning of liberty; that policy should be settled by free discussion; that normally a minority should be ready to yield to a majority, which in turn should respect a minoritys sacred things. It seemed to me that democracy had been in the past too narrowly defined and had been identified illogically with some particular economic or political system such as laissez-faire or British parliamentarism. I could imagine a democracy which economically was largely socialist and which had not our constitutional pattern."
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/john-buchan-1st-baron-tweedsmuir#ixzz1OBazugN8
Government is "an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself"
Interesting Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/20/world/middleeast/middle-east-voices.html
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracies
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