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- The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning people, and "Kratos" meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as "power of the people" : a way of governing that depends on the will of the people .
A SIMPLE DEFINITION
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- Governments that are called democracies are a government that is chosen by the people.
- Democracy is a form of government in which rulers are elected by the people.
- This definition allows us to separate democracy from forms of government that are not democratic.
- Take the example of Myanmar where the army rulers were not elected by the people.
- Those who happened to be in control of the army became the rulers of the country.
- People had no say in this decision. Dictators like Pinochet (Chile) are not elected by the people.
- This also applies to monarchies.
- One should always remember that democracy is people’s rule .