Advantages of democracy True democracy is a function of a lot of factors. It’s less about democracy as it is about the things that call for democracy. Transparency, accountability, adaptability and managed change, and empowerment of the citizenry tend to be it’s strong points. In practise, this tends to add up to an efficiently and effectively run country, because those same factors are demanded in any organisation that wants to work well. It also gives actual legitimacy to authority, by having the people in power. There is no single legitimate reason why someone should rule over another. In democracy, people rule themselves. The advantage is that it gives people in power proper feedback. Without this feedback, they start to lose track of what they're doing and really start to make serious and grave mistakes. They need to know what they’re actually doing, and by explaining what they're doing to the people that demand explanations, they will come to understand the process better. You know the iron rule, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely". Democracy technically is supposed to give the system free and equal right of every person to participate in a system of government, often practiced by electing representatives of the people by the majority of the people. As a Nation a democratic government is supposed to have been elected freely and equally by all its citizens. As an organization its elected members who represent citizens, have a free and equal right to participate in decision-making processes of the country... Encarta Dictionary. "Democracy is like the experience of life itself - always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested for adversity." Jimmy Carter Speech to Parliament of India. The Boston Globe in 1989 BEIJING reported: "Deng Xiaoping, the senior Chinese leader, said in an essay publicized yesterday that he does not approve of "great democracy" but that "small democracy" is needed to keep in touch with the masses. Allowing the masses to supervise the rulers "is better than not having supervision" wrote