Globalization is a complex and dynamic phenomenon which encompasses

economic, social, political, technological, and cultural dimensions and this epoch of
globalization has also witnessed the spread of political democracy across countries in the
developing world and in the transition economies and we, the Filipinos, live in the
Philippines wherein it is a nation that has a certain degree of freedom that gives us the
voices to speak our thoughts, to buy what we want in various amounts, to acquire whatever
knowledge we seek and the right to vote for the people that possess the characteristics like
their knowledge and passion for the nation and for its people that we think will contribute for
the betterment of the country and this is all possible because democracy has been
established.

Democracy, according to our most dependable confidant when it comes to finding

definitions, the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is a government in which the supreme power
is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of
representation usually involving periodically held free elections and according to Benjamin
R. Punongbayan, a certified public accountant and founder of P&A Grant Thornton,
democracy is a form of political association among the people of a state within a defined
geographical area where sovereignty resides in the people who express such sovereignty
by voting to select the leaders of the government of the state so in other words, democracy
is a kind of government where the people of a nation have the right to choose whoever they
think has the knowledge and passion for service for the Philippines and the Filipino people.

Almost all nations in this world have their governments as democratic and this is
because it has many advantages that could benefit not only by the people of a nation but
also the nation itself and some of these are the following: it gives the people a chance to
become personally involved with their governments, it encourages equality in a positive
way, democracies or countries with a democratic government usually grow faster
economically, and democracy does not create a centralized power base for ruling over the
people but democracy can also destroy a state as it is the least effective kind of government
because this kind of government is based on the will of the majority; meaning the voting
process is only based one one’s opinion not on the skills, knowledge, or attitude that the
candidates have. This means the people can overlook the qualities the candidates have just
because the said candidates have shown “empathy” to them especially to those voters who
do not have enough common knowledge regarding governance and with this, the future of
both the country and people will suffer.
 In extreme cases that democracy will destroy a state, the country can establish an
authoritarian kind of government that is characterized by strong central power and limited
political freedoms but in doing so can violate the human rights that the people have been
protecting and enforcing for many years. There is no perfect government but all we can do
as part of the nation is to be educated about the leaders of our country since they are the
ones who are seated at the position to govern us and we can also do our best in doing our
duties and responsibilities as the citizens of the country.