Talk:Democracy


 * The problem with democracy is that assumes that almost anybody over 18/16/21 years old is politically knowledgeable enough and has the common sense to vote for the best candidate, but of course not everybody is politically informed enough to make that decision without potentially voting in a terrible president. (Example: Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler etc...)  People are also very susceptible to propaganda and charismatic figures. Another flaw with Democracy is that it almost always favors the moderate candidate, so real change never happens, even if it is needed. My final reason for my disdain for Democracy is that Democracy is slow to react to crisis, for example, during the current Covid crisis, we are having mass protests and anti-vaccine and mask people changing laws that will inevitably lead to higher cases and deaths, an authoritarian government could crackdown on protests and make stricter mandates, saving lives. Democracy is easily the most overrated system of government.