Democracy
By Nick Martin
Types of Democracy
- Direct Democracy- A type of democracy in which the people govern directly.
- Representative Democracy- A type of democracy in which a group of elected officials represent a group of people.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Governments are resistent to corruption because of the large amounts of people.
- People are given freedom to vote for what they want.
Cons
- Due to a large amount of people in the process of making laws, laws take a very long to implement.
- Minority groups sometimes don't have any saw because it's based on majority.
Quotes
"Let us never forger that government is ourselvesand not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of out democracy are not a president and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy." - Benito Mussolini
Democratic Countries
- United States
- Germany