Title: Democracy creates stability in a society
Democracy creates stability in a society. I agree with this statement to a small extent as I believe this stability is largely dependent on the people’s reaction to decisions made, especially for the minority whose opinions are overridden due to how democracy works as stability in a society is affected by the cooperativeness of the people.
There are mainly two types of societies, democracies and autocracies. The former lets the people affect its laws, and the latter only has one sole leader that leads the society. For a society to be stable, it is not based on the amount of force the leader or government uses, but the consensus of the society, or the agreement of the people. In other words, if the general population agrees with the ways of the leaders, it does not matter whether the people have a say in it, the society can still be stable.
However, in terms of the number of people that one can please, democracies would be more stable. Direct democracy in particular, in which people get to vote directly on specific policies. However, this means that a bill will be passed only if the majority agrees to it, regardless of whether it is a good or bad one. This may have very severe implications to a country. The bill may also affect the country’s stability in a positive or negative sense. Because of this, I believe that indirect democracy may be a much better way compared to direct democracy in terms of stabilizing the country as the government that has been voted in should have the sense to know what law to and not to advocate.
Nonetheless, the nature of democracy is so that the minority is often neglected, making for a less stable society if the minority decide to riot against the government because they are not happy with the decisions made. Therefore, stability is often based on how well the government can adapt to both the majority and the minority’s needs, so that the population is satisfied, and thus the society is stable. This however implies that democracy is not needed for a stable society as long as the general population agrees with the leader or leaders.
In conclusion, democracy may or may not create stability in a society, as it depends on the mode of democracy, be it direct or indirect, as well as the expertise of the government. In addition, even though democracy can create stability in a society, it is not necessarily needed to create stability, because as long as the general population is agreeable with the leader or leaders, the society is stable.
