Philip_R

I believe that there is no such thing as a well uniformed Democracy that actually works in favor of, for, and by the people. It is good, in a sense, because we have the ability to make our own decisions; we have the right to practice or own religions, we can exercise our right of voice (unless in a time of warfare, of course), and we can believe anything that we want to believe in. However, when it comes to deciding something, a vote occurs, and that is where the system fails. In a vote, usually used as the deciding call, the majority of the voters who voted for a certain option win the vote, no matter what. It is because they are the majority. When people started to see the power that they as the majority had, they went and abused it, for that is the way of the human nature. The power that people have is corrupting, for that is the nature of power. And the minute that the power is given to a person, they become corrupted. Why this happens, we have no idea, but in a society where power corrupts any being it touches, it is evident that Democracy is as I said before, Democracy is, therefore: a form of Government that may work as and by the people, but it doesn't work for all the people, as it should be.

I came to realize this not too long ago, when me and my classmates were sitting in class last year in our U.S. History class. As he talked about American elections after the Civil War, candidates for presidency were just about pushed out of the race, due to them being Democratic. The Southern States were not as many or as populated heavily as the Northern States were, so there was no way to actually get a Democratic President at the time, because all the Northern votes went to the Republican candidate. As shocked as I was, I couldn't help but understand that this is merely just how power works. When the 'majority rules', it completely shuts out the minority so it cannot become the majority ever. People with power will do everything in their power to keep it. Democracy is a very corrupt thing that can be taken almost advantage of immediately as long as you have enough people who decide on a certain thing that you decide on as well.

Again, I believe that Democracy is a form of Government that can, will, and has been taken advantage of, and it works with people, but not for the people. The main problem with Democracy doesn’t exist in the form of Government itself but the people who abuse it.