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  • but: democracy=plutocracy
    • because: media's distortion
      • because: (co) media is vital
      • because: criticism suppressed
        • but: worse in undemocratic state
        • but: not censorship
          • because: freedom of rational discussion
            • because: freedom of speech
              • but: Freedom of information often limited by law
              • but: Freedom of speech is limited by libel laws
              • but: Not all democracies have a constitution eg Britain
            • but: Debate may be emotional rather than rational
    • because: expensive campaigning cost
      • but: case of Athens
        • but: outdated model
          • because: unpractical
          • because: unscientific
            • but: modern ministers often not experts in portfolio
  • because: economic growth
    • because: market freedom
    • because: higher GDP
    • but: China grows faster than EU/USA
      • but: Chinese growth rate due to catching up
  • because: individual liberty
    • because: basic human rights
    • but: law, not politics
    • because: prevent dictatorship
  • because: It represent that our private rights is...
  • but: economic inequality
    • but: many societies have inequality
    • because: bourgeois democracy
      • because: capitalism
  • but: tyranny of majority
    • but: majority rule is more preferable
      • because: less problematic
      • but: no different from mobocracy
    • because: oppression fo the minority
      • but: constitutional safeguard
      • but: minority not sacrifice
        • because: equal respect of interests
        • because: appropriate policy can be made
        • because: democracy doesn't always use more than 50% to approve...
      • because: majority ruling
        • because: voting
      • but: separation of powers
    • because: tyranny bad rule by one person
Democracy is advantageous to human beings
  • but: cultural conflicts
    • but: worse in state w/o voting
    • because: oppression of enemy groups by political means
      • because: mass participation
    • because: backlash of democracy
      • but: decline in warfare
        • but: post-Communist wars in Balkans
  • because: eliminate discrimination
    • because: equality
    • because: basic human rights
      • but: democracies discriminate
      • but: discrimination exists in India
  • because: stability
    • because: assurance for participation
    • but: unstable democracies: Italy
      • but: stability depends on the type of democracy
    • because: stable legal basis
  • but: public choice theory
    • because: rational ignorance of politics
    • but: not unique to democracy
    • but: balance of interests
  • but: short term policy focus
    • but: nothing problematic
      • because: difficult long term prediction
    • because: popularity
      • but: electorates are critical
      • because: to attract electorate
  • because: because it gives rights for everyone....
    • because: because it gives rights for everyone....
  • because: Seen from a historical insight, democracy is...
  • but: ineffective
    • but: replacing inefficient policy
    • but: "efficiency"
      • because: individual agency
    • because: long winding decision making
      • because: power is not concentrated
      • because: procedural revisions
  • but: the case of Hitler
    • but: nothing to do with democracy