Does Democracy create stability in a society?

To begin with, first we need to define Democracy. Essentially, it is a government by the people for the people. It is a form of government where supreme power is vested in the people. There are mainly two types of democracy. One is pure democracy while the other is representative democracy. Pure democracy is exceedingly rare and is practiced only in Switzerland. Representative democracy is commonly practiced in countries like USA. Hence, I will be examining Representative Democracy. Personally, I feel that democracy does bring stability.

Firstly, I believe that in order to achieve stability consensus and agreement are important. Stability can only be concocted by adding these two important ingredients. Democracy is able to achieve stability by combining these two essentials. In fact, is one of the few or only ruling system that allows the people to express their views openly. Hence, this bridges the gap between the government and people. Everybody’s are taken into consideration under democracy. This serves an outlet for the people’s emotions and allows the people to voice out their opinions. In dictatorship and communism, there is limited freedom of speech. Furthermore, in democracy opposing views are argued until a consensus is reached. Hence, I feel that this would bring greater happiness to the people as they will feel valued and important. They are not subjected to restricted decision- making. If the people feel valued, there would be automatic stability in the social and political sectors.

Secondly, democracy can bring about political stability. In Democracy, the leaders are elected by the people of the state. So the power is vested by the people. Hence, they would have a greater sense of responsibility towards the people to serve them to the best of their abilities. I feel that this will serve as a motivating factor for the leaders. The pressure of being voted is wholeheartedly on the leaders. The people hope to achieve different things through the government. Hence, the people elect the government as they believe that they will be able achieve their goals. The leaders will actually want to prove their worth. Hence, I feel that this would pressure the leaders to think twice before making any decision. Hence, this could lead to stability as it would allow the leaders to strike a balance between the different aspects.

Finally, democracy can lead to social instability too. Personally, I see democracy as a representation of herd mentality. It is a known fact that democracy will result in positive changes. There is no doubt about the credibility of the statement. However, I feel that if it is possible for positive change, it is possible that negative change can occur. Negative principles could just spring up because of a misconception or misperception in the masses. Furthermore, due to echoing effect of democracy, I feel that this misconception or misperception could easily resonate. Finally, it could result in a flawed ruling ideology or principle that could result in instability.
In conclusion, democracy overall creates stability as there is no guarantee that the presence of misperceptions will actually lead to instability. In fact, the misperceptions in each society make it unique. (505 words)