Now for my second point: Democracy's checks and balances also do not serve their purposes effectively, and when they do, they violate on of Democracy's key tenets.
On the surface, democracies have many checks and balances to prevent this sort of thing from happening, but effectively, they only have one: The Constitution, where the basic tenets of the laws are set down. However, there are two problems with the Constitution. Firstly, any laws that are laid down preventing discrimination against ethnic minorities or other religions may not be effective, as much of this discrimination comes in more subtle forms, such as housing or land reforms not overtly aimed at, yet that adversely affect certain groups of people, like how the Indians in Brazil were affected by subsidies for cattle ranchers. Furthermore, laws voted in by the majority may only adversely affect a certain class of people, usually those living below the poverty line. It is hard to word the constitution to block such laws, but if a democracy does so, it brings us on to our second problem with the constitution.
Now, the only way to stop laws such as the ones I have highlighted above from being passed is to word the constitution very rigidly. But by doing so, you are REMOVING the majority’s representation. These are the people who WANT to oppress various minorities, but the wording of the constitution does not allow them to do so, and thus “democracy” removes their say, violating another one of it’s own core principles, which is to “execute the will of the people” regardless whether they are right or wrong. But if they allow the majority to be represented and oppress minorities, they are effectively subjugating the minority to the tyranny of the majority, violating their representation. This is not democracy, this is not a fair and equal representation of everybody, this is in fact, a vicious cycle of oppression.
As you can see, I have shown you today, how democracy in today’s world, though attempting to give everyone a fair representation, is actually depriving society of equal representation. The most basic tenets of democracy, namely the Constitution and legislative council, have shown throughout history how their presence has robbed both the minority and majority groups of fair representation. Because democracy is unable to provide society with equal representation, and that this in itself will promote instability, hence democracy cannot promote stability.
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