The Ideas Of Representative Democracy

Representative democracy is a form of government where elected officials are voted on the behalf of the people to represent them in government processes; it is a corrupt system due to the lack of accomplishment for the common good. This is demonstrated throughout numerous ways such as flaws in education, illusions of freedom, the voting influencing on the democratic environment, and ultimately the absence of the greater good.

School is the main resource that teaches people what they need to know in order to succeed in the “real world”. Subjects such as math, English, and even French are taught; yet what the education system lacks is a subject that is focused on relevance in our society that will someday affect us – politics. At eighteen,
Instead only single person governed. Yes, when it comes down to election time we are relied upon to make a decision regarding our country and who it is ruled by, but this power is short-lived and taken away just as soon as it is given to us. The absence of knowledge about politics in our education systems has a huge impact on the influence of the interest of our youth, who eventually grow up to be the adults voting that are hardly aware of what’s going on around them with their government, which of course influences our voter turnout numbers. Therefore the “freedom” that we as citizens have is abused and does not accurately represent our democratic system and there is the reason the greater good cannot be achieved and our system is corrupt. All of these factors go hand in hand, so change must be made if we ever want to increase our awareness of democracy and our voter turnout. Schools should educate students at a young age, online voting should be an option for those who don’t have the time to go and vote in person (any other ideas can be listed here). Maybe, just maybe, a difference, a good one for that matter, can exist in Canada if all we do is put a little bit of effort into it and