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In which country democracy is not prevailed?
The pure form of direct democracy exists only in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus.
Which form of government did Aristotle prefer?
Aristocracy, in theory, is the next-best constitution after monarchy (because the ruling minority will be the best-qualified to rule), but in practice Aristotle preferred a kind of constitutional democracy, for what he called “polity” is a state in which rich and poor respect each other’s rights and the best-qualified …
Is government bureaucracy inherently inefficient?
The evidence is persuasive that government bureaucracy is inherently inefficient precisely because it is not faced with any of the forces which make private business management its opposite. This point has been made frequently. In his book, Bureaucracy, Ludwig von Mises goes to some length to explain it.
Do you think democracy is a bad thing?
The answer is clearly no. In fact the whole point of democracy is a system to efficiently establish a consensus that is fair to all without stepping on the toe’s of some people. The weird anti-democracy advocates prefer a government system that step’s on people’s toes simply for their idea of efficiency.
Is a dictatorship an inefficient system?
Whether or not a system is inefficient depends on the standards by which it is being measured. If the measure is speed of decision-making, a dictatorship is more efficient, but this is no guarantee of quality. An incompetent dictator could very efficiently drive his country into the ground.
Why don’t we have an ideal democracy?
They are unsustainable. The reason for this is simple: ideal democracies are incompatible with Human Nature, i.e. power corrupts, governing inherently requires humans to wield power, and thus the democratic process must become subverted at some point or other.