democracy is a pretty simple thing right
but it has its flaws only the majority
gets heard corporate interests might
have a little too much power when you
are trying to do the right thing and uh
no one stops you that's called
democracy what is it anything the
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um
I what do you
think Vice news has been talking to
people around the world about the big
issues and asking how they think that
you should cover them on this episode we
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hashtag Vice news the first thing that
comes to mind when I hear democracy is
power to the people democracy is when
politicians are following the
expectations of the people who elected
them my interpretation of democracy is a
political system that enables everyone
to have a voice you have the opportunity
to engage in the iCal system in a
meaningful way people have the power so
people choose other people to go
represent them in this sitution the
democracy is best maintained when there
are set of balancing Powers within the
state the Italian system doesn't work as
well as the other European systems I
personally don't feel democracy Works uh
very well in Mexico sure institution in
Ukraine doesn't work properly but um
same time we are getting better I cannot
think of any country in the world that
apply this concept 100% let's say to
United States or uh or Europe but even
though there it doesn't really work I
believe democracy uh is applicable in uh
every country of the world tied to
democracy is this is a sense of
individualism I don't know that that's
like a global um attitude unfortunately
it doesn't work all over the world we
see where is kind of forced on like Iraq
when you impose a system to the people
that will live in it you're not being
Democratic you can't take a totalitarian
dictatorship and just say oh it's going
to be a democracy tomorrow I don't think
a democracy has to be exported in in a
strong way in every country is
applicable the democracy is very good
for the people and everyone should
accept that I believe the best way to
solve a conflict is a democratic one the
only way that you can actually solve a
conflict is through a dialogue I think
democracy is not the best like solution
it's not a drug which will help all like
solve all problems democracy should
always be questions that of been taken
right away as the solution to criticize
or be suspicious of a democratic system
is to be suspicious of the people that
are leading it that doesn't mean the
definition of a democratic system is
Tainted it just means the people running
it are not doing what they should be the
idea of democracy on the con concept of
democracy is not working as it should uh
mainly we are getting decisions making
from the top going to the bottom and not
the other way around that is the way
democracy should work this is why this
is very uh difficult to fish out the
essence of democracy because you always
have to deal with the lies of the
politics people are increasingly losing
faith in Democratic institutions as they
feel abandoned by their politicians
there's a lot of work that needs to be
done but I still do think of Dem y as a
good way for a country to flourish I
hope in 100 years people will have more
freedom 100 years from now I think that
countries will have less and less power
they will give it to International
organizations so I hope that in a 100
years democracy will be the mainor
system for all countries in the world I
wish one day there is a real democracy
around
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