Mob rule

[fluffymark]

Can someone, anyone, explain to me just WHY democracy is supposed to be a good thing? I could never understand this. While you're at it, can anyone explain just how having elected representatives in a parliament constitutes "democracy", as it still doesn't seem that democratic to me!

Just because a plurality (or even a majority) of people want something doesn't make it right, or even the best thing to do.

When I rule the world everyone will have chocolate, and life will be perfect

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[borusa.livejournal.com]

Well, technically it's a "representative democracy", rather than a pure democracy.

And as to why it's good - it isn't. It's obviously flawed in many ways. Though the "representative" element is actually supposed to prevent some of those flaws (the idea being that a small group of people are more likely to be able to keep up to speed with issues than the populace at large - it's an interesting thing to note that people only start to use "public opinion" as a reason for something when "public opinion" is on their side).

However, all the other things we've tried have been worse.