Question

'Democracies are successful in reducing inequality and poverty'. Justify the statement with four suitable arguments.

Answer 1

Democracies are successful in reducing inequality and poverty. The following points justify the statement.

1. In democracies, governments need to satisfy the will of the people to be elected and remain in power. Therefore, unless they deliver economic prosperity, they cannot stay in power for long. Hence, democratic governments provide for economic rights to the people to maintain equality in the society.

2. Democratic governments need to be concerned about inequality.Hence, the adopt various schemes and programmes for the poor to reduce poverty.

3. Democracies always target the poorer sections and try to work for their welfare and prosperity.

4. Democratic governments cannot just favour the rich. They take social welfare measures to improve the living conditions of the poor in order to get votes from the poor who are in a majority.