Fewer people now say representative democracy is a very good way to govern in many countries surveyed.

www.pewresearch.org Representative Democracy Remains a Popular Ideal, but People Around the World Are Critical of How It’s Working

A 24-country survey finds a median of 59% are dissatisfied with how their democracy is functioning, and 74% think elected officials don’t care what people like them think.

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Global study: many say their country would be better off if more women, people from poor backgrounds and young adults held elective office

www.pewresearch.org /global/2024/02/28/representative-democracy-remains-a-popular-ideal-but-people-around-the-world-are-critical-of-how-its-working/

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As Churchill once famously said, democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
I guess one of the nicest things about democracy is that it has a built-in mechanism for removing a government. It may not be reliable at getting good leaders in place, but at least when there's a bad one it has a way of getting them back out again without having to go in shooting.
- Do you have any idea how long senators serve? Racist, violent, war hawk, regressive leaders stay in office in the USA for decades. How about family dynasties? The number of years American and European democracies are managed by family dynasties is terrible. And then of course you have fascists getting elected to high office in Italy.
  All the evidence shows that Western democracies are going to end in violence.
  Interestingly, Cuba has more democracy than anything ever experienced in the North Atlantic. Because the point isn't to use democracy to get representation, it's to use democracy to change society in the interests of the people.
  
  How about family dynasties?
  Wait, did somebody say Kennedy?
- I'm not seeing anyone removing Biden or Netanhitler from power though?
- The fact that you think that genocidal scumbag had good ideas means your opinion can be safely discarded.
  
  fair point
  
  Lol, what?
  
  Churchill oversaw one of the biggest genocides in history in India ignoramus.
  
  That means everything he says is false?
  ignoramus
  Oh, the irony.
  
  the only irony here is you comment 😂
  
  Not really.
  
  it's clearly what you believe
  
  Nope.
  
  good job contradicting yourself little buddy
  
  Why do you care so much?
  
  Any chance you can share your ideas without personal insults?
  It makes you look flustered and insecure.
  
  For real though, please dial it back. You didn’t have to turn Churchill into an attack on someone who may not even be aware of Churchill’s crimes, and then continue to ratchet up the personal insults. It’s bad even by Reddit debate bro standards, and it doesn’t invite anyone to explore alternatives to bourgeois democracy.
  
  I think it's awesome how on Lemmy the mods actually treat their users like people to correct and not like subjects to control.
  
  Thank you for your support and patronage, user 28521.
  
  fair enough
  
  No I didn't.
- I spent way more time than i'm willing to admit trying to figure out what swear the filter was removing.

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