Democracy was first formed by powerful people in city states so they could rule jointly.
It really has not evolved much beyond that. Except in very small countries, today it merely means oligarchy.
While it is often better than despotic, autocratic or monarchy. At the end of the day, the ultimate tests are: how the working classes fare; the happiness index of the majority; how much corruption is in the government; how fair the justice system is; life expectancy; and access to medicine and treatments.
No democracy is safe right now.
Democracies are overrated, but yes
Do you mean representative democracies? Or all democracies? If all then why, and what do you believe would be better?
Democracy was first formed by powerful people in city states so they could rule jointly.
It really has not evolved much beyond that. Except in very small countries, today it merely means oligarchy.
While it is often better than despotic, autocratic or monarchy. At the end of the day, the ultimate tests are: how the working classes fare; the happiness index of the majority; how much corruption is in the government; how fair the justice system is; life expectancy; and access to medicine and treatments.
Thank you for explaining, and I agree.
For general reference, here are some books I’ve enjoyed that touch upon improving democracy:
I think that is an excellent selection for people wanting to double down on that strategy.
But for my area, I choose other ways to do the above