The uniqueness nature of human is a common bother for democracies because it is hard to please every participant. However, some governments have recognized a new way to exert social control through conformity. When the populace conforms to a certain behavior, the government policy makers can easily enforce their ideologies that undermine democracy. Following the above argument, conformity is bad for democracy because it is a covert form of autocracy. Political leaders can easily manipulate the people through conformity through their use of charisma and authoritative position. Since democracy is about majority rules, the leaders’ only need to persuade Continue reading...
