SS Essay on Democracy

“Democracy Creates Stability in a Society.”

Democracy is defined as the representation of people who have been elected by the public. It is considered to be the fairest political ideology as choice of government body, and hence, resulting laws and policies in the hands of the majority of the public. Citizens make political decisions by majority rule. The rights of all citizens, both majority and minority is be protected. To achieve stability, there has to be no commotions or arguments. Therefore, a stable society can be considered as one with little or almost commotion-free.

Democracy is believed by many as they get represented by government exercised by them. People can openly express their views and will not feel constrained. Democracy is an outlet of people’s feelings and it makes most happy as they can make a difference to the society as their opinions are heard. This kind of political ideology makes most feel contented or satisfied. Democracy is practiced in many countries; however, some in a ‘mutated' form, mixed with other political ideologies such as totalitarianism. An example of a country that practices democracy is Singapore. The People’s Action Party (PAP) always wins and dominates the parliament. Other parties never come close to winning the majority. Even though Singapore can be considered as a one-party rule country or even almost totalitarian, it is still run by representation in the parliament. The representation in parliament helps brings views of the people up to the government. As a result, the government is able to attend to the people’s needs. Singapore’s society is indeed stable. Although everything is totally controlled by the ruling party, democracy in Singapore is indeed effective.

On the other hand, democracy can be ineffective; thus creating instability. For democracy to work, people must be able to accept the way it works. People must know how to decide for themselves and certainly play a vital role in the decision-making. If democracy falls into the wrong hands, the country could plunge into instability. Voted leaders can embezzle. Represented people might not do their job, and fail to keep promises. This can result in anger in the people and this in turn can lead to the overthrowing of the government, perhaps by the military. Let’s take Thailand and Thaksin Shinawatra for example. Thaksin, who was popular among country folks, became the prime minister after unwise voting by the people of Thailand. There were corruption cases involving his government and the people’s anger led to a military coup. In this case, democracy has certainly not led to stability.

On the whole, I would say that democracy does create stability. If people can decide what is best for them, then democracy will work. In some instances, democracy may not create stability; other political ideologies such as totalitarianism and authoritarianism may work better. Basically, people should understand the principle of democracy; they ought to be educated to be able to decide for themselves. To my mind, democracy is truly the best; it justifies basic human rights, free and fair elections, equality before law, and social and economic stability.