what does it mean to be anti democratic
Criticism of democracy
The constitutions of many countries have parts of them that restrict the nature of the types of laws that legislatures can pass . A fundamental idea behind some of these restrictions , is that the majority of a population and its elected legislature can often be the source of minority persecutions , such as with racial discrimination . For example , during the mid-1930s and mid-1970s in the democratic country of Sweden , the government forcibly sterilized thousands of innocent women . They were sterilized due to `` ' mental defects ' , or simply because they were of mixed race . '' A second example is when , in 2014 in Pakistan , `` a Christian couple were burnt alive in a brick kiln by a mob for their alleged burning of the pages of Quran . '' This was followed by little police retaliation and a statement from the President of Pakistan stating that his government would protect the rights and interests of the Christian community . Some countries throughout the world have judiciaries where judges can serve for long periods of time , and often serve under appointed posts . This is often balanced , however , by the fact that some trials are decided by juries . While many , like Wittman , have argued that democracies work much the same way as the free market and that there is competition among parties to prevent oppression by the majority , others have argued that there is actually very little competition among political parties in democracies due to the high cost associated with campaigning .
The constitutions of many countries have parts of them that restrict the nature of the types of laws that legislatures can pass . A fundamental idea behind some of these restrictions , is that the majority of a population and its elected legislature can often be the source of minority persecutions , such as with racial discrimination . For example , during the mid-1930s and mid-1970s in the democratic country of Sweden , the government forcibly sterilized thousands of innocent women . They were sterilized due to `` ' mental defects ' , or simply because they were of mixed race . '' A second example is when , in 2014 in Pakistan , `` a Christian couple were burnt alive in a brick kiln by a mob for their alleged burning of the pages of Quran . '' This was followed by little police retaliation and a statement from the President of Pakistan stating that his government would protect the rights and interests of the Christian community . Some countries throughout the world have judiciaries where judges can serve for long periods of time , and often serve under appointed posts . This is often balanced , however , by the fact that some trials are decided by juries . While many , like Wittman , have argued that democracies work much the same way as the free market and that there is competition among parties to prevent oppression by the majority , others have argued that there is actually very little competition among political parties in democracies due to the high cost associated with campaigning .