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Are people too stupid for democracy to work?

Are people too stupid for democracy to work>

  • Yes

    Votes: 24 57.1%

  • No

    Votes: 18 42.9%
  • Total voters
    42
Tigerace117 said:
You get to vote for Glorious Leader, Glorious Leader, Glorious Leader, or, in a shocking suprise twist, Glorious Leader.
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Careful, a simple spelling error might end your life!
 
ajn678 said:
Hahahahaaahahhahahaahahahaha, no they don't
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You are not entitled to your own facts. The fact is North Koreans have the option to vote Yes or No on their ballots. This means NK is a democracy.
 
A properly constructed democracy with free and fair elections, a free and vibrant press, checks and balances, constitutional/charter protections, and adequate insulation against the corrupting influence of money in politics, revolving door patronage and other such forms of subversion is infinitely preferable to any of its alternatives, all of which inevitably and quickly devolve into rampant corruption and self-aggrandizement of the powerful at the expense of everyone else. Though the average voter may not be as informed as I would like, that does not obviate this fundamental truth about democracy: that it is the worst mode of governance with the exception of all the rest.
 
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Paleocon said:
You are not entitled to your own facts. The fact is North Koreans have the option to vote Yes or No on their ballots. This means NK is a democracy.
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They don't have an option voting is mandatory in N. Korea. Nor do they really have an option who to vote for.

The elections have been variously described as show elections or a political census.[12][13] Seats are uncompetitive as all candidates are chosen and won by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland.[3][5][7] Because of the near-100% turnout, elections double as unofficial censuses. The inminban neighborhood watch reportedly watches the elections to identify and investigate no-shows.[8]
A voter may cross off the candidate's name to vote against him, but must do so with a red pen next to the ballot box in sight of electoral officials, or there may be a separate ballot box for 'no' votes. [14] Many North Korean defectors claim such an act of defiance is too risky to attempt.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea
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Now then what was that you were saying about facts?
 
winston53660 said:
They don't have an option voting is mandatory in N. Korea. Nor do they really have an option who to vote for.



Now then what was that you were saying about facts?
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They have the option to vote No.

That NK's regime of thought control is more intensive than America's is true, but that only supports my point, since totalitarianism is typical of democracies.
 
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