Michelle+K

I believe that majority-vote process of a democracy forces some citizens to sacrifice basic needs. A democracy is meant to include the opinions and ideas of all its citizens, represented fairly and justly, so everyone has equal say in the major decisions of the country, state, or region. However, what is intended to happen is not always the reality. In the democracy of the United States, citizens who vote in the minority must sacrifice their opinions to take on the ideas of others, because their beliefs were not as widely held as that of the majority vote. America takes pride and is known world-wide as a political powerhouse and a place where everyone has the opportunity to work for a successful life, but this is a false reputation, because with every single bill or law, with every idea and opinion, there will always be the minority who do not get their say, or do not get to experience their desires for our country and their lives made into a reality. This can be seen in examples such as subsidized housing, where the majority, a more affluent group of people, vote that building subsidized housing for less-wealthy gets in the way of their idea for an innovative shopping center, that includes every kind of store necessary to the average-earning household. While this is appealing to those with the resources to use it, those less-wealthy citizens who are in dire need of housing are left to fend for themselves, sacrificing their basic necessities (a roof over their head) for the shopping mall they will never be able to shop in. This can be seen from the other end of the spectrum as well. As the economy decreases, more and more people will be forced into poverty, and then there will be more motions to build that subsidized housing that was denied. Now, because ofpoverty, and increasingly tight l budgets for families, more and more citizens will vote for the housing, and there will be no room to build them, because the shopping mall (which will now go under because no one can buy anything) was the only available space in the town. Instances like this promote a constant back and forth pattern, and are one reason why the voting process in which majority vote wins do not always lend to the improvement of the country, but actually lend to the destruction. In either of these situations the minority is left out and forced to sacrifice for the majority, when there could be ways that everyone has an equal say and an equal chance.