Strangely, there is very little understanding and debate on the merits and demerits of democracy. Democracy, as J Krishnamurti famously said, is flawed but better than other systems. But a discussion of its flaws, even amongst the intelligentsia, is strangely lacking. It is almost too easy to thump our chests just because we are a nation in which the leaders are elected.
For those interested, may I suggest that you contribute to the Criticism of Democracy section of the Democracy page on Wikipedia? Contribute links, references, excerpts from scholarly books and articles, etc. I started to contribute, and have contributed unreferenced text, but I am admittedly not a politically mature commentator.
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2 comments:
Only too right. May I suggest, though, you check out my new blog, the "Anti-Democracy Agenda":
www.anti-democracy.com
and my book, "Anti-Democratic Thought" (Imprint Academic, 2008):
http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=KkMdJtaaeOYC
Cheers
I agree, especially about the part you have highlighted that democracy does not work amidst large scale poverty.
I have also written a book:
www.democracyontrialallrise.com
and you may also visit my blog - where I am analysing India and its "democracy's" failures and reasons thereof.
www.democracyontrial.blogspot.com
I think it was a good idea to edit wikipedia. The article on democracy must incorporate developing world perspective on it.
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