Is democracy overrated?-3

Perhaps the people have seen that what kind of chaos ensues when they have democracy so they opt for a dictator who has promised to deliver on their pledges. But I believe other thing is that whatever form of government one needs, the basic needs of the people should be met. People really don’t care about in which form of government they are in as long as they are being fed and their needs are taken care of. This is only true I believe in places where there has been no history of democracy and people are not used to being ask to give their opinion freely. And also there are forces that see democracy as a western concept and convince people not to participate in it as it is an alien concept to their culture. Other things I have noticed that democracy has not be explained fully or its benefits or flaws and it has just been copied from the West and that puts it in suspect with people with deep religious and cultural inclinations. Mostly democracy is a one way street where people choose their representatives and expect them to work according to what their elected officials have promised. These elected officials should know that the voters have entrusted them with responsibility and they should carry out their job fairly and honestly but this can only happen when the voters know what the issues are and held their elected officials accountable for things they do in the office. But this kind of democracy is usually absent in the Middle East and other countries who have half heartedly embraced it and the officials still behave they are in medieval times where they can order and it will not carry any repercussions. And this is what democracy means in those countries then they are better off with being without one.

Is democracy overrated?-2

The glaring example of not to impose western style democracy is in the Middle East. When the U.S. invaded Iraq in the guise of search for WMD (weapons of mass destruction) which former President of Iraq was iffy about it, this was just supposed to secure them and when the U.S. could not find them then the narrative changed into Iraq becoming a beacon of democracy in an area not known to have one. Now after ten years and spending almost a Trillion dollars of U.S. tax payer’s money, where are we in Iraq. True we had elections but the country is being torn apart by ethnic and sectarian strife and the U.S. is trying to save Iraq from itself. Democracy was also tried during the Arab spring but what we have is back to the old days with Egypt after experiencing some sort of democracy only to be squandered by incompetency and other issues is back to being a semi democracy of what I can call Middle East Democracy. Middle East democracy is when a so called ruler stages an election and there are no or insignificant opposition to show that they have competition and then when the election results come, the incumbent has won election by more than 90 percent in some cases. This results shows their own public that how popular they are and the world that an election was held. And everybody knows that how much intimidation and coercion was used in these elections, yet these elections are given an example of western democracy when it is not.

Is democracy overrated?

Just to make it clear, I not against democracy since I live in a democratic society and I believe in it but as with the rest of the systems prevailing around the world, democracy is the invention of human beings. The democracy which is being practiced in the West and in many other countries have been evolved over decades and sometimes centuries. Democracy of what I understand is one vote, one person so that every body's opinion is supposedly counted in the decision who is going to govern and have a say in the daily affairs of the citizens. This can be ideal if every citizen is educated and knows his or her rights and can defend it through a ballot box or go to their elected official to address their grievances. And on the opposite side, the elected officials are receptive to their constituents and do help in alleviating whatever problems they are facing. But as I said above it is fine with well established democracies or people who believe in one and have positive views of it. But what if the people who have never experienced one and have experienced it but in seriously flawed way that they think that dictatorship or some form thereof is better than an alien concept thrust over them. If you see in the Middle East today and some other countries, democracy has been used as tool to rule over people without any accountability and without any improvement in the lives of people. And they are being fed again and again that democracy is great but they meet their constituents only when they need their votes come election time.

On the lighter side-Movies-Wolf Creek 2 (2014)

The return of the down under serial killer in this bloody and brutal sequel to the killer trucker from Australian outback. In this movie a the killer plays games with a British Tourist stranded on the lonely roads of Australia. Extremely violent and not for the squeamish. Recommended for horror fans only.