Here is the video for this week:
Here are the relevant links for this video:
Definition of Democracy (Merriam Webster): https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
Issue 1: How much democracy is good?
Democracy Index 2019:
1-Original source http://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-index
2-Source where you can see the whole list http://statisticstimes.com/ranking/democracy-index.php
India political system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_India
German political system(khAnubis -I personally like his vids): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nDt7Fi7D0g
Brexit: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887
Australia's change in PMs: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/24/australia/australia-leadership-chaos-politics-intl/index.html
Issue 2: Majority vs Minority
Majority judgement (supposedly a solution to majority rule): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00355-019-01200-x#Sec13
Majority Rule: http://site.www.umb.edu/faculty/salzman_g/Strate/GetFre/4-20.htm
commentary on recent changes in Turkish politics: https://www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/2019C31/
context - Turkey has a majority which generally led to oppression of the minority even though it is a democracy. Recently though, an opposition party has been voted into power, which can change things.
Ignorant voters: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaredmeyer/2016/06/27/american-voters-are-ignorant-but-not-stupid/#750e85f97ff1
Issue 3: Is democracy degrading?
Populism
1-Article by the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/hard-data-populism-bolsonaro-trump/578878/
2-The populist Specter: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/mounk-galston-deneen-eichengreen-the-populist-specter/
3-Could populism be good for democracy?: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/11/could-populism-actually-be-good-for-democracy
The phenomenon known as democratic backsliding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding
Venezuela
1-NYT article telling how it happened: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/world/americas/venezuela-populism-authoritarianism.html
2-Wiki info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_in_Venezuela
For more arguments and/or info:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/direct-democracy/Issues-and-controversies