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The principals anti-democratic regime of the XXcentury- communism, fascism, nazism- them was disappeared between the ruins of the war or once with the collapse from the inside of Soviet Union. About the democracy was still discussion of 2500 years, enough time to collect one ordered set of ideas, to whom, eachone, ore almost eachone, could be agree, the fact, himself that the democracy are an history so long, it was contributed at confusion and disagree, because "the democracy" meant differing things for long interspace from the human history and for present better what is the democracy, we must know firstly what it isn't.

KEYWORDS: Democracy, communism, tyranny, freedom, governance

"Democracy is a political system badly, but the best of those that mankind has invented so far" -

Winston Churchill

Modem democracy conceived in the eighteenth century, very partially applied in very few countries in the nineteenth century, ought to perish murdered in the twentieth century. Saved at the last moment from the blows of Nazism, and defended hard against communism, she continued to be, after 1945, less vulnerable and despised. Then, suddenly, by the mid-80s, things turned in her favor, both in idea and in fact, in terms of sensitivity popular as the theorists views and intentions of political leaders displayed [1].

Democracy can be understood as an ideology, a concept or a theory. It is an ideology[2] to the extent that embodies a set of political ideas that details the best possible form of social organization^]. Shortly, democracy can be considered a way of making decisions on binding corporate mies and policies over which they exercise control population and the democratic arrangement exists where all community members enjoy equal rights to participate directly effective to such decisions, that an arrangement that meets the highest possible principles of popular control and equality in its exercise.

But the definition does not mean to give reasons. We reach a perfect understanding of democracy and democracy still not convince us [4]. Based on the above definition, we discuss the issue of justification and, ultimately, bringing evidence - what helps democracy.

Why we support democracy? Specifically, why should we support democracy in the governance of the state?

Democracy makes desirable consequences: avoiding tyranny essential rights, general...

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