Reply to Daron (:

Perhaps to make it more sound, we can refine the following definition that Daron has set in place as the democracy that we will be discussing in this argument.

According to Daron: "Let us put it simply: democracy, simply put, would be the governmental system in which the power has been given to the people. Hence, effectively a democratic state would cover any state in which the government would be selected by the people."

In my opinion, to effectively cover the scope of democratic states that we should cover, we must take into consideration another key concept exhibited in the practice of democracy: which is namely the fact that important decisions within the nation should also be decided by the people. Naturally, it is impossible for such a policy to be mutually inclusive, but the people should be allowed to voice their opinions and have a say in the making of decisions which are potentially life-changing.

With that, I would like to explore the idea of a "perfect democratic state", in the instance of Switzerland, which is a democratic country that we have been previously discussing. In my opinion, to simply slap a label of "a perfect democratic state" on Switzerland would be without doubt invariably myopic and shallow.

As already previously mentioned, one major problems of decision making by the people would be the issue of "tyranny of the majority": while the opinion of the majority can be represented, it is implausible for the entire population's point-of-view to be represented.

Because of these pockets of factions with resisting ideals, perfect stability in society would hence be impossible, since social coherence would be impossible with discontent within the society.

Quoting an article from the telegraph.co.uk:

"The Swiss proudly call their country the world's most direct democracy.

But a week before a general election, the political battle has become all too direct — complete with tear gas, burning barricades and street battles between police and anti-racism campaigners." [Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1566080/Swiss-election-sparks-riots-and-racism.html#continue]

Perhaps we could discuss more about how while democracy in its uncorrupt form can create political, social and economic stability, its pockets of flaws would hinder it into becoming the most form of democracy.

Another avenue to explore would also be how other forms of governments can achieve stability in society, and we can even explore solutions by suggesting the most perfect form of government in the quest for utopia.