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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
The current democratic system, built in centuries when political and economic knowledge was mostly restricted to an elite, when communication was slow and information took a long time to reach the leaders and even longer to reach the rest of the population, is not working in our world. Many people feel they know better or as well as our presidents or PMs how to run the country. It's an exageration, but it is true that they are much better educated and informed than they used to be. And now they get almost the same information the president or PM does, and just as fast.
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All these words, and still I forgot one important thing I wanted to say: democracy is not working, because people are no longer willing to delegate power for several years. They want a piece of the action, now, not every five years. Please insert that in the long-winded rant above
