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CBSE - Civics - What is Democracy? Why Democracy?

What is Democracy? Why Democracy?

Long Answer Type

Write any five arguments against democracy. 

1. Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability.

2. Democracy is all about political competition and power play. There is no scope for morality.

3. So many people have to be consulted in a democracy that it leads to delays.  

4. Elected leaders do not know the best interest of the people. It leads to bad decisions.

5. Democracy leads to corruption for it is based on electoral competition.

6 Ordinary people don’t know what is good for them; they should not decide anything. 

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