Demerits of Democracy
Demerits of Democracy
More emphasis on quantity than on quality:
Majority party holds the reins of government. Inefficient & corrupt, who have neither intelligence nor vision, get themselves elected.
Rule of the incompetent
Democracies are run amateurs. In it, every citizen is allowed to take part, whereas everybody is not fit for it. Locke calls it the act of running administration by the ignorant. He says that history records the fact that a few are intelligent. Universal adult franchise grants right to vote to everybody.
Thus, "a few manipulators who can collect votes with the greatest success get democratic power." The result is that democracy run by the ignorant and incompetent becomes totally unfit for intellectual progress and search for scientific truths.
Based on unnatural equality:
The concept of equality is enshrined in democracy.
Nature has not endowed every individual with intelligence and wisdom. Some are courageous, other are cowards. Some healthy, others not so healthy. Some are intelligent, others are not. Critics are of opinion that "it is against the law of nature to grant equal status to everybody."
Voters do not take interest in election:
Voters do not cast their vote in a spirit of duty as democracy requires them to do. Contestants of election persuade them. Even then, it is generally found that turn out comes to 50 to 60 percent only.
This forfeits the very tall claim of holding elections.
Lowers the moral standard
The only aim of the candidates becomes to win election. They often employ under-hand practices, foul means to get elected. Character assassination is openly practiced, unethical ways are generally adopted. Muscle power and money power work hand-in-hand to ensure success to him. Thus, morality is the first casualty in election
Democracy is a government of the rich:
Modern democracy is, in fact, capitalistic. It is rule of the capitalists. Electioneering
More emphasis on quantity than on quality:
Majority party holds the reins of government. Inefficient & corrupt, who have neither intelligence nor vision, get themselves elected.
Rule of the incompetent
Democracies are run amateurs. In it, every citizen is allowed to take part, whereas everybody is not fit for it. Locke calls it the act of running administration by the ignorant. He says that history records the fact that a few are intelligent. Universal adult franchise grants right to vote to everybody.
Thus, "a few manipulators who can collect votes with the greatest success get democratic power." The result is that democracy run by the ignorant and incompetent becomes totally unfit for intellectual progress and search for scientific truths.
Based on unnatural equality:
The concept of equality is enshrined in democracy.
Nature has not endowed every individual with intelligence and wisdom. Some are courageous, other are cowards. Some healthy, others not so healthy. Some are intelligent, others are not. Critics are of opinion that "it is against the law of nature to grant equal status to everybody."
Voters do not take interest in election:
Voters do not cast their vote in a spirit of duty as democracy requires them to do. Contestants of election persuade them. Even then, it is generally found that turn out comes to 50 to 60 percent only.
This forfeits the very tall claim of holding elections.
Lowers the moral standard
The only aim of the candidates becomes to win election. They often employ under-hand practices, foul means to get elected. Character assassination is openly practiced, unethical ways are generally adopted. Muscle power and money power work hand-in-hand to ensure success to him. Thus, morality is the first casualty in election
Democracy is a government of the rich:
Modern democracy is, in fact, capitalistic. It is rule of the capitalists. Electioneering