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1500
rating
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Topic
#4728
Democracy is the best form of government
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Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 2 votes and with 14 points ahead, the winner is...
Best.Korea
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Standard
- Number of rounds
- 4
- Time for argument
- Two hours
- Max argument characters
- 10,000
- Voting period
- One week
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
14
1264
rating
363
debates
39.81%
won
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Round 1
Democracy is " For the people, by the people and of the people" - Abraham Lincoln
Democracy is people's rule.
People have the right to choose their leaders which no other government systems provide.
So people are happy!
Democracy addresses the needs of people, will any other system do that?
There may be corruptions but we need to remove the corrupted people and not the system.
French revolution occurred because there was no democracy.
So without democracy, life is hard
So I strongly support the notion that "Democracy is the best form of government"
Topic
Democracy is the best form of government
Introduction
Sheep came to establish their great democracy. What is democracy? It is rule of the sheep. Thats why the sheep are for it. However, sheep are unfit to rule anything. Let us explore how democracy failed.
Definitions
Democracy - Rule of the people
Arguments
1. Most people fail at making important decisions
People in 2001: "We should invade Iraq"
People in 2016: "it was a mistake to invade Iraq"
Well, "mistake" is a strange word to use for the killing of million people. Usually, I use the word "mistake" to describe an error in grammar.
People are stupid, so naturally a country governed by people will make bad decisions. To expect anything different would be pure stupidity.
People elected Hitler. Contrary to the popular belief, Hitler was not a dictator. In fact, he was elected. Germany before Hitler was a democracy. Hitler had as much popular support as Trump did.
Who would have thought that choosing leaders based on popularity and their false promises could be bad for the country?
We are expecting that "Stupid voters elect smart leaders".
What we get is "Stupid voters elect stupid leaders".
It seems unreasonable to expect that stupid voter makes smart decisions. He might make one or two smart decisions, but he will make much more decisions that are stupid. Therefore, stupidity prevails in the decisions of stupid voters.
What is interesting about stupid people is:
Stupid people dont know that they are stupid.
Smart people know who is smart and that stupid people are stupid.
However, stupid people dont know who is smart and who is stupid.
Therefore, when stupid people elect a smart leader, its merely an accident. Its not an intentional action.
If democracy is the best system of government, then the best system of government is the one where we have liars and idiots as presidents. Liars, I say, because you have to make false promises to become president. Idiots, I say, it was already explained that stupid voters make stupid decisions and elect mostly idiots.
2. Monarchy is better than democracy
How is democracy different from monarchy? Well, in monarchy, king elects an heir. Now, lets say you have a good smart king. He will elect a good smart heir intentionally. His good smart heir will elect another good smart heir.
3. Failure of people to elect capable leaders
In democracy, electing a good smart leader is difficult.
Even if we say "Leader doesnt have to be smart. He just has to be good.",
Is it reasonable to expect that voters elect good leader?
If we take a look at morality of the masses:
Most people break speed limit and endanger traffic.
Most people refuse to help the poor.
Most people use lies.
Most people are sexually immoral.
Most people want to get rich easily.
Most people bully and abuse others.
Most people divorce at the expense of their children.
Most people only do good if it benefits them.
Most people enjoy causing pain to others.
Can we expect from these people to elect a good moral leader? Probably not. So it is of no coincidence that every president elected by masses is sexually immoral, corrupt, thief or war criminal.
Democracy is a path to Socialism. However, not the kind of Socialism Marx hoped for. Rather, the Socialism where majority steals from minority. Any president promising free stuff for the masses has an advantage. The one with best promises for free stuff wins.
Now, the presidents are not allowed to say: "If you vote for me, I will give you 1000$ out of my own pocket".
No, that would be bribe.
But presidents are allowed to say: "If you vote for me, I will take 1000$ from the rich and give it to you".
The only difference between these two bribes is that one is also a theft.
Conclusion
Can we say that there is any advantage in democracy as opposed to kingdom? It seems that the only advantage is that masses have no one to blame but themselves when they elect an idiot, which they always do.
Round 2
Forfeited
Oh well.
Round 3
Forfeited
Okay.
Round 4
Forfeited
The end.
