Debate Case

It is a very interesting to compare weak democracy with strong dictators and instead of being impulsive about it lets see what is the role of good government and who can fulfill it better. Broadly the role of government is to maintain law and order, make laws, adjudicate disputes, carry out administrative work, provide infrastructure for the development and growth of its people and country. I feel that a weak democracy will fail to achieve all the goals of good governance and thus leave its people frustrated and angered. It is during this time people demand for dictators and civil wars take place to over throw weak governments.

Now as far as strong dictators are concerned they do not mean good dictators, history has shown us many times that bad dictators/kings have destroyed their empire and brought a lot of misery to their people. On the contrary great dictators will build strong empires which will lead to a lot of prosperity till in the end it is destroyed by a myopic leader. Thus it is difficult to say that the growth achieved under one dictator can be sustained under the second one. This makes democracy a very viable option where people together build a SYSTEM which provides it the governance they want. It is a system built to sustain, where changes are made over a long period of time and fruits will/can be enjoyed by everyone. But as we know democracy is the government of the people and thus a weak country, an underdeveloped country can not or will take a very long time to produce leaders which can give them the democracy which will fulfill their aspirations. There is a famous saying "Country gets the government it deserves and military it can pay for"

To end this I feel democracy is always a better options than dictatorship. However I don't understand why some countries fair better than others in adopting to democracy. As far as economic situation and war in Pakistan are concerned I feel they are product of Musharraf`s policies. He allowed taliban to settle in tribal areas and he spent all the money Pakistan was receiving. I don't know what the solution is but for me dictatorship is not the solution.