Fact check; "Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens are meant to participate equally – either directly or, through elected representatives, indirectly – in the proposal, development and establishment of the laws by which their society is run."
ALL citizens and EQUAL participation are key in defining the term democracy. Tampering with that is a dangerous road to travel, however goodhearted such tampering might be. Throughout history we've seen governments trying to "improve" democracy by either excluding people or by restricting their ability to participate. That is what's happening in Russia right now. It's also happening in the western part of the world. The same could to some extent probably be argued about Obama's recent use of executive power on immigration reform, however goodhearted his intentions might be.
Tampering with the fundamentals of democracy is not the right way forward.
I don't agree with you that voting rights need to be earned. It's a God given right for every human being on this planet to have the ability to participate equally – either directly or, through elected representatives, indirectly – in the proposal, development and establishment of the laws by which their society is run. It's as fundamental as life itself.
Does this mean demoracy is perfect? Absolutely not. But it's the best possible system there is.
Instead of having issues with democracy itself as the framework of how to run a society, we should focus on how to fix the structural glitches that exists within our western democratic societies. Glitches that leads to extreme poverty, intolerance, low education among many people etc. Those are the problems that need to be fixed, because they are the biggest threat to the beauty of democracy.
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