“ Democracy (“rule by the people” when translated from its Greek meaning) is seen as one of the ultimate ideals that modern civilizations strive to create, or preserve. Democracy as a system of governance is supposed to allow extensive representation and inclusiveness of as many people and views as possible to feed into the functioning of a fair and just society. Democratic principles run in line with the ideals of universal freedoms such as the right to free speech. Importantly, democracy supposedly serves to check unaccountable power and manipulation by the few at the expense of the many, because fundamentally democracy is seen as a form of governance by the people, for the people.”

Democracy

An extensive analysis by Anup Shah. What I think is that too often manipulation takes over and the basic idea of democracy gets altered by the politicians in power at that moment to ensure specific economic gains. The problem, though, is that most people don't want to use common sense and prefer to follow and blindly believe what they are told, letting the few free to decide for the many.