In today's society, a participatory democracy would be the best choice to serve the the country, it's citizens, and government. Just as in ancient Greece's city-states, a participatory, Aristotelian, or direct democracy, would be the best choice for a well stablized government. Defined as the, "rule of the many," this type of democracy has been practiced throughout history. In Greece in the 5th century B.C. the governemnt worked out great. Today, the same thing could happen if a participatory democracy was instated. The body of this essay will consist of reasons supporting participatory democracy. I will discuss that a direct democracy will serve the ideas of the citizens best, save time, and will save much of the other hassles of today's represenative democracy.
In a participatory democracy no person's ideas would go un-heard. Citizens of the country would be best represented because everyone would be able to get a say. The 250,000+ Americans would be better off representing themselves rather than having the near 500 politicians try to represent them. It's impossible for that amout of people to have their views expressed through only around 500 of Washington's politicians. .
Many people belive that the issues would be too complex and that people wouldn't care if a direct democracy was instated, but this statement is completely false. Issues being too complex couldn't happen because people would have proposed them, so obviously they must know what they're proposing. Secondly, the citizens would have to care to even propose a bill or legislation. The two false reasons above could never work out to be true. .
Furthermore, many people dislike participatory democracy solely because of time constraints due to researching and voting, but this does not present a problem at all. When Americans want something, they have been historically known to work for it. Much work would not even be required. Reasearching the issues and bills would be as simple as clicking a few time on one's computer.
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