Democracy Reflected

(An Essay)democracy, there has been many a revolution
I suppose this is an ongoing question,"Why doborn. Socrates, an uncle to Plato, might disagree,
people denounce Democracy?" In America this isAristotle, a student of Plato's might argue the
often looked upon as a mortal sin, almost, and aspoint. Plato was rich to start out with, and
President Bush would proclaim: the world at largeSocrates, free of worrisome matters, they both
should be under such an umbrella. Anybody'shad at their finger tips, as did Aristotle, prosperity;
guess is good here though, but let me try toso if power and influence is given to you, the
explain my opinion, and of course it is just that,point of everyone should have democracy or no
an opinion, and perhaps too opinionated.democracy can be voiced, as Bush would have it,
Some folks in the world feel others are unequaldemocracy for all, no matter if it worked for
to them, thus, weak to the point of saying, asthem or not: he sees it from a different
Darwin would have said it: we are the strong, andperceptive, the American one; he does not see, it
because of that, supreme, hence, we should bealso can also be a Catch-22 for a country not
of the aristocracy. From the times of Plato, toready for it.
the rulers of the world today, this has been goingWhatever I say, I carry doubt with it, why,
on. Put in more blunt terms, democracy is for thebecause dogmas are dogmas, no matter which
birds, or better yet, for weak to hold the strongway you look at them, as are opinions, it is how
back, so dictators would say. Law is no inventionwe look at things, and how we look at things is
of the strong to chain the weak, although it wouldaccording to our upbringing, our environment, our
seem so from a long distance look. Rather, it issocietal and psychological views, beliefs, how we
for non enslavement, of both the strong andhave in the past examined them, if indeed people
weak.nowadays examine anything beyond their bank
In some countries throughout the world, I can seeaccounts, but principles and values are also in the
democracy getting in the way, as well asmaking here.
preserving the way. Yes, I take middle ground onWe can look at the state of affairs, virtue,
this fragment of the issue at hand. I am not suremorality, and come up with definitions, analysis,
if the Middle East, in every single country there,more confusion, but nevertheless we are
can depend on democracy to deliver them peace,bequeathed to our state, and to our state comes
for the attitudes of its people is inefficient for it,patriotism, and if it says democracy is ridiculous,
that is to say, a government for the people, byand is not a virtue, which some will proclaim to be
the people, sounds good in words, but in practice,wisdom, democracy does not in their case
there is another picture. And in the name ofproduce harmony, nor can or will it.