A Few Problems with Democracy

It may be that there will never be found a government better than democracy. It may be that there will never be the concept in the mind of the population of a better government. But there is so much that could be better.

First of all, the logic of the democratic process is significantly lacking. Consider the following situation: party A and party B compete for a political office; the winner is decided by vote. Suppose also that party A has a very slight majority, and thus, by the logic of democracy, is more apt for governance. Now suppose, by some mischivous act of nature, a large subpopulation consiting mostly of party A is killed by a flood, hurricane, or whatever. All of a sudden, the representitive of party B is more fit to govern.

Now, for the sake of arguement, party B is in control of the government. Using their legislative powers, party B votes to suspend the voting rights of subpopulations dominantly favoring party A. Thus party B, originally a minority, has taken control of the government. If the logic of democracy is used, the preceding events have made it the will of the people for this to happen.

If the majority party of any government is allowed, by virtue of having a population greater than the minority party, to control the legislature, and thus to direct the action of government, it is in no way impossible for them to further only their own intrests. If the leaders of the majority party profitted from a specific industry, there is little doubt that it would receive favorable attention from the government. If the leaders of the majority party belonged to any specific economic class, the economic force of the government would be directed in the intrests of that class. Any number of abuses can be found, and most would be exploited.

Perhaps there is no hope of solving all the problems. Even more likely, people will simply resist any attempts. Democracy is so honored in the modern world that to compromise its force in any way could not be premitted.