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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
Democracy is the best because it promotes freedom, capitalism (which is really just an economic form of freedom), and cooperation. It is also good because our leaders have to answer to the public. They serve us, not the other way around.
Because democracy promotes freedom and cooperation, it also promotes peace. I'm sure most of you have heard of the McDonald's Theory. That no other nation with a McDonald's has ever attacked another nation with a McDonald's. It's really just another way of saying that no democracy has ever attacked another democracy.
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Think about what you just said.
Democracy does not promote freedom. It promotes the oppression of the minority by the majority.
Democracy does not promote capitalism. It promotes the taking from the rich to feed the masses.
In a modern democracy, the leaders do not have to answer to the public. The voting base is too large to have any effect. All they have to do is politic.
Answering to the public is not necessarily a good thing: see my first two points.
Democracy does not promote cooperation: it promotes the powerful majority not needing cooperation from the minority.
Democracy does not promote peace: I see zero correlation between democracies and peacefulness.
McDonald's has nothing to do with democracy.