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Democracy works only in those countries where these is a halthy gorss social consciousness, if the knowledge economy is not strong enough Democracy will be cunter productive.

LIPSET, has rightly said, democracy rests on the assumption that a good society is in operation, otherwise u can easily trade vote for liquor or bribe voters or for that matter assortment of goodies, freebies, etc and that cost shall be brone by the most productive member of the society.


And in India, right people only join the passive politics at best, i.e. Rajya Sabha...because politics is not aaffordable for the common man and for that matter right man.