Demo(ns)Cracy or DemoCrazy..?

Well,this is one of the most flawed concepts I have ever come across, specially for India and the likes.It may seem nasty on the paper, but the real execution part leads to complete chaos.Given the nature of human being(not bots), it seems quite unrealistic to go for it in modern scenario.I don't know, how and what convinced our constitution writers to go for it in its entirety. At the very outset itself, there were a bunch of assumptions made like.. all the citizens exercising their voting power(not under any oppression or bias), only good people jumping into the election fray, all the government machinery working flawlessly, their will be no corrupt motive among the elected candidates and lot more.. How many of these assumptions truly stand upright today..? Truly, none!! Then how come the Democracy be..?

Now what are the major setbacks-

1.Lesser Voter turn-outs - This indifference in attitude can result from a variety of facts.First and foremost being their disbelief in the current political machinery.This may be because all the candidates either fail to meet the criteria or they are way beyond to meet the purpose.Well, the former seems quite possible in Indian scenario.But, even if you don't exercise it you will still have to live with the status-quo, there is no denying back.And what results is tyranny(sounds too harsh, but yes it is).

2.Irrational Voters - The majority of actually voting chunk are not-so-educated, who really lack the skills to judge good and bad from long term perspectives and eventually they are either made to vote forcefully or they vote out of some personal bias.

3.Inertia to Change - Its only "We The People" who is on the receiving end of its consequences. Our political leaders are always at a good bargain.Who is going to listen to us..? But, I do have some positive expectations from the younger breed like Agatha sangma, rahul gandhi, jyotirmayaditya, sachin pilot and the likes..It remains to be seen as to how far it meets.

I believe, it was too premature a decision to have democratic form of government in India, when we fail at the very assumption itself. We are not like United states, where everyone is educated enough to judge right from wrong and elect their candidates keeping in view the long term motives.It would take quite some time for us to reach that level and may be more if we stick to the status-quo. So, what remains a viable option is hybrid form of democracy, wherein we limit the voting power to the chosen few who are competent enough to take decisions on behalf of the whole(But again here is an assumption and that fares better than what was made earlier).The second option may be to go for presidential rule with power vested in the hands of beaureaucrats ( I don't say they are perfectly ideal people but yes, they fair better than our so called pro-people netas).

Quote from uncyclopedia "Democrazy (pronounced "Dem-OCH-Ray-Zee," "Dem-O-CRA-zee" and "Bicycle horn") describes a series of related governments linked by election of leaders by madmen. With origins in ancient Greece, Rome, south Asia and the inseam of my pants, democrazy has grown and expanded throughout history to become the preferred form of rule around the world. Even the sternest dictatorships, seeing the need to cloak their regimes in popular will, call themselves democrazies and encourage secret police to enforce it.
The principles of democrazy emphasize the importance of the lunatic in government, and the necessity of handing the lunatic the keys to education, business and nuclear warheads. Democrazy is not without its skeptics, but most criticisms are drowned in a chorus of duck calls." ;):):)

Feeling sleepy now, will pen down more in the upcoming posts..