Teaching Against Idiocy

What about other forms of Government?

"Among actually attainable ways of living together and making decisions about common problems and projects, democracy (that is, a republic, a constitutional democracy) is, as Winston Churchill said, the worst form of government except for all the others."

Democracy should be thought of as the definition of equality. It is the only government in history that doesn't force its citizens into categories. All other governments divide the population, primarily by social status. Democracy basically keeps this from ever being possible, making all voices heard with the same amount of volume, regardless of who you are. This can never be possible in an autocracy for example. In this case you have a government ruled by only one person. The voices of all the citizens may be heard, but through the discretion of one person. The final decision essentially doesn't have to have anything to do with what the people believed. The same goes for theocracy, ruled by clerics. Looking at aristocracy and plutocracy, the division of citizens and power is evident. Aristocracy gives power only to a permanent upper class, while plutocracy only gives power to the rich. Democracy is the reason for freedom for its citizens, because freedom can never exist in a world where equality isn't found.