This House Would Impose Democracy

Firstly, I would like to state exactly where this debate lies. Pro's resolution is that democracy should be imposed on all countries that oppress their citizens. To say this has many implications. Namely:- Democracy is better than whatever the current state of said oppressed country.- Democracy would help the problem of oppression. - The imposing of Democracy would be beneficial.- Democracy will work in any oppressed country. - Democracy is better than whatever the current state of said oppressed country. - Democracy is the best system that can be imposed. Pro has the BOP for all of these, being the claimant. I must negate these in order to win this debate. But I will step over my BOP for my initial arguments.C1: Democracy Is Not CompatiblePeople in oppressive countries are not educated enough to vote, in short. Voting for a leader and policies is voting for the future of your country. Democracy is a system for the people. But to fix problems within the country, those problems must be known by the public and the solution as well, thus the leader who fits their ideal can be selected logically. However, this is an issue. Even in the U.K.The popular mentality leads is to believe a variety of things, which can affect politics drastically. In the U.K. for example[1], 58% of people do not think that crime is falling, when since 2006/7 crime has fallen by 19%. The public believe that Â£24 our of every Â£100 of benefits is fraudulent, when it is Â£0.70. 26% of people believe foreign aid is in the top 2-3 of the country in terms of budget, when it only makes up 1.1%. People in general believe that 31% of the population are immigrants, when it is 13%. People think the country is 24% Muslim, when it is 5%. 29% of people think that Job Seekers Allowance is spent on more than pensions, when it is actually the vice-versa by over 15 times. Let us not mention that the population that 36% of people are pensioners, when the figure is 16%. We think that 15% of teenage girls are pregnant, when it is 0.6%This level of ignorance would not farewell. Respectively to the above information, if we had a purely democratic government, we would have more money spent on crime, more red tape for benefits, demand for less foreign aid, more immigration policies, more pension red tape and more money spent on pensions and more money spent on preventing teenage pregnancies. Facts and statistics are not needed at this point, oppressed countries are not ready for democracy to be thrust upon them. An authoritarian regime does not require any political knowledge or interest. A country which has had an authoritarian regime for a long time will not be able to handle one easily, because their citizens do not have the required knowledge, and will vote for people they seem worthy, not policies and how their country is run.[2]The average IQ of somebody in Syria is 83, 84 for Venezuela, 84 for Iran, 81 for Egypt and 85 for Yemen. In the U.K. it is 100. The scores above would be regarded as "low intelligence".This map[3] is just to reinforce my point, which is obvious. This lack of ignorance, can lead to corruption. The similarities between this map[4] and the previous one is very high, considering they are from different sources. But there is causation. Where there is an ignorant country, there is oppurtunity for the government to be mallicious in its ways. We see the likes of Ukraine, an MEDC, with a corruption index of 144th out of 177 countries. Democracy is heavily reliant on the knowledge of its voters in relation to politics. Whether people want it or not is not an issue. Because they do not know whether they want it or not. [5]. The majority of Chinese citizens believe democracy is unrealistic. In a seriously oppressed country, whoever is enthusiastic and determined can take the vote. Whereas David Cameron studied PPE at a prestigious university, Viktor Yanukovych endured a troubled childhood and multiple prison charges and was at one point an automobile engineer[6]. Democracy in itself, I re-iterate once again, is not compatible with a developing country.Sources[1] http://www.ipsos-mori.com...[2] http://www.photius.com...[3] http://reliefweb.int...[4] http://payvand.com...[5] http://socialistunity.com...[6] http://en.wikipedia.org...I know you understand, but due to exams, my arguments cannot be as comprehensive as I would have liked them to be.