What’s wrong with our democracy

Democracy is a strange phenomenon. It allows politicians to manipulate the voters for their selfish gains. No one makes this point clearer than Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher. Remember the Greeks invented the concept of democracy. Socrates was a brilliant teacher.

Like a prophet, he was ahead of his people in wisdom and foresight. His methodology included enlightening the people through deductive analogy. He posed questions to the audience and asked them to answer them through reasoning and then made them understand what he intended to teach them.