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Theoretically speaking in a democracy people would vote for laws and politicians that equal the playing field and the result would benefit everyone but that theory does not hold up in the real world. Why? The example has to assume everyone is living in a perfect world, it does not take into account for example social issues and/or people's lust for power.

It's not the fault of the democratic system, it's the fault of the people in the democratic system, people as a whole do not care for each other enough to bother, it's a consequence of our individualistic societies. Democracy has the ability to do great and terrible things at the will of the people and as a result it's a very fluid system that can fit in every corner of the political spectrum, but if people do not partcipate then democracy is useless.