Response to Mush & Kaitsi ;D

Hey Mush and Kaitsi (:

In response to Mush's question, Ancient Rome and Greece are the earliest forms of democratic governments, and in fact, the concept of democracy came into place from the Ancient Greeks. Remember the word "democracy" came from the Greek terms δήμος (dēmos), "demon" and κράτος (state), "rule, strength"? Anyway, that was just some trivial, on to serious matters.

One extremely crucial argument, in my opinion, that has been raised so far would be this clinching statement that Kaitsi made, "Democracy free of corruption becomes a stable form of government not because it is the most perfect but because it is the least imperfect. It offers fair chances to everyone and the right to be heard. While your opinion may not be taken seriously, democracy is stable simply because just by allowing free speech, it promotes openness and honesty."

In my opinion, this can be our clinching statement, which fits in well with the original definition supplemented, in which we established that the "democracy" that we will be henceforth discussing about will the democracy in its theoretical form, rather than physical manifestation.

Developing further on this idea however, I feel that Kaitsi's statement about democracy being the least imperfect amongst all forms of government should be further discussed. After all, in this essay topic, another facade of the question involves the superiority of democracy in enhancing stability within society with regards to other forms of government.

In response to Mush, I feel that because of the theoretical and loose form of democracy, it is inevitable that many different forms of democracy would arise, all based on the same simplistic founding principles that the democracies are based on: which is basically the power of the people. However, before we start launching into debates of which form of democracy is the most effective, how about we look at it this way: despite the different forms of democracy, in general, does democracy create stability in society? Do all these forms create stability within society?

What I am suggesting here is that instead of looking at the different manifestations of democracy as separate units, how about we combine them, and look at them as single, coherent theory to allow us to better debate this topic.