Is Democracy the best way in governance?
No form of government is perfect. However, democracy comes closer to that lofty ideal than anything else mankind has come up with. Modern indirect democracy (as opposed to direct democracy of the ancient Greeks, wherein everyone in the city voted on every issue) comes in two types, parliamentary and representative. In the parliamentary system, people vote for the party, not the individual. It works two ways. In some parliamentary systems, the party that “wins” the most votes gets the most seats in the legislature. So 20% of the vote means 20% of the seats, etc. Who fills those seats is determined by the “party list”, a numerical ranking of party members which translates into the order they’ll fill the seats. For instance, if the party wins 5 seats, the first five names on the party list fill them, and so on. Another variation is to have people vote on individual representatives in their “district”, and whichever party elects the most representatives appoints the Prime Minister (Preside
