Democracy

This page is about the ideology that advocates for a political system based on voting. For the ideology of the US Democratic Party see Syncretic Liberalism, Third Way or Social Liberalism.

Democracy

"Let's decide this by a vote."

Basic Information

Aliases

Democracy without adjectives
Majoritarianism
Dem
Democratism (Wrongly)
Rule of the People
Small-d democrat
By the people
Laocracy
Tyranny of the Majority

Alignments

NonQuad

Democratic

Greatest achievement

Rise as the second main political ideology and rivaling Authoritarianism in the modern era

Ideological Influences

Influenced by

Athenian Democracy

Demarchy

Ideological Information

Notable Theorists

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Character Information

Likes

Voting
Elections

Dislikes

Undemocratic systems of rule

Democracy (Dem) is a non-quadrant ball used to represent democracy without any more adjectives. Dem believes that the people residing within a state all have the right to decide rules, policies, leaders, etc. based off what most people want. Dem is also not to be confused with Republicanism.

Variants

Representative Democracy

Representative democracy or indirect democracy is a form of government in which the people elect representatives who administer, establish and execute all the interests of the population. This is by far the most common variant, with almost all liberal democracies currently using it.

Semi-Direct Democracy

Semi-direct democracy is a variant of democracy that combines direct and representative democracy. In this system, the rulers are elected by the people, but the citizens maintain sovereignty through, for example: referendum, public consultation, popular initiative and revocation of the mandate. It is currently practiced in Switzerland and at the local level in most of the United States.

Direct Democracy

Direct democracy is a variant where the population is given full control over policy making rather then having to elect legislators like in a Representative Democracy. Historically practiced in Ancient Greece in the city of Athens, it is nowadays practiced in the autonomous region of Rojava.

Defensive Democracy

Defensive democracy is a term referring to the collection of laws, delegated legislation, and court rulings which limit certain rights and freedoms in a democratic society in order to protect the existence of the state, its democratic character and institutions, minority rights, et cetera. The term describes a major conflict that may emerge in a democratic country between compliance with democratic values, particularly freedom of association and the right to be elected, and between preventing anti-democratic groups and persons from abusing these principles.

In certain democratic states there are additional special distinctions, supported by a notable section of the population, which justify the use of defensive democracy. However, the question of in what situations the use of defensive democracy is justified without this being considered excessive repression of civil rights is disputed.

Personality

In all contexts in which there's a debate, Dem will always suggest it to settle out with a vote. Sometimes in a comedic context, Dem might support a radical decision simply because there was a vote on it.

How to Draw

The design of Democracy utilizes this flag uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in 2011.

Draw a ball with eyes
Separate the Ball into 3 roughly equal sized sections - Blue (Left), Red (Bottom Right) and Green (Top Right). For Defensive Democracy, use the

ISFJ background.

In the Middle draw a white circle.
Around the Circle draw the colours of mentioned before (Red, Green and Blue) and the 3 combinations of those colours (Yellow, Purple and Cyanish) in the positions of physically opposite of the colours on the flag.
For Defensive Democracy, add ISFJ‘s nurse cap.

And you're done!

	HEX	RGB
Green	#21B14C	33, 177, 76
Blue	#3F47CB	63, 71, 203
Red	#EC1D24	236, 29, 36
Magenta	#FF00FF	255, 0, 255
Purple	#7F00FF	127, 0, 255
Light Blue	#006EFF	0, 110, 255
Cyan	#00DDFF	0, 221, 255
Yellow-Green	#7FDD00	127, 221, 0
Yellow	#FFDD00	255, 221, 0
Orange	#FF6E00	255, 110, 0

Relationships

Friends

Athenian Democracy - My based Papa.
Radical Democracy - My radical son.
E-Democracy - My internet loving son.
Liquid Democracy - My more extreme son.
National Democracy - Nationalism but based.
Christian Democracy & Islamic Democracy - Theocracies but based.
Democratic Socialism - Socialism but based.
Social Democracy - He likes welfare and democracy.
Democratic Transhumanism - Transhumanism but based.
World Federalism - A global democratic state? Based.
Liberalism - Progressivism but based.
Every explicitly democratic ideology.

Frenemies

Authoritarian Democracy - My weird child.
Ochlocracy - You're a sociopath, but at least you do care about democracy.
Demarchy - While you do represent the will of the people, are you sure what you're doing is good?
Elective Monarchism - The only good form of monarchism. Sadly still a monarch.
Mediocracy - Thanks, I hate the fact he is technically right and I always feeling self-hatred when I see him...

Kakistocracy - You like the people just like me, but you're making me look bad.
Anarchism - Her entire family is against my "representative" variant, but most of her children are favorable towards my "direct" variant.
Tridemism - My Georgist and nationalist counterpart... who apparently not minding simping for authoritarian.
Democratism - Please get rid of electoral college and watch out for him, and then you will fully live up to your name. But at least you try.
Socialism - You say that you are me but I am not so sure... since most of your societies are authoritarian.
Every other ideology not explicitly against him.

Enemies

Authoritarianism - The people should have their say!
Marxism–Leninism - Did you confuse me with Imperialism?
Fascism - Can't handle just one vote?
Hoppeanism - He wants to physically remove me.
Monarchism - Why do we have a child anyways?
Technocracy - Thinks he's soooo smart and not just fancy Oligarchy.
Fo ol s and more - Those guys used me to destroy me. Sad but true.
전두환 - May 18th 1980 NEVER FORGET!
Juche - You're not even democratic.
Jihadism - Are you freaking kidding me?! Stop terrorizing people and trying to destroy me, you terrorist!
Neoconservatism - Dude, you're not even spreading me. All you do is create puppet dictatorships and rig foreign elections. Now people won't trust me because of you. Stay away from me.
- - How am I harming you? I bomb other countries JUST to set up you. Give me one example of a dictator I set up.
  - - Here.