Monday, November 2, 2009

After 20 Years There's Less Support for Democracy


This 9th of November will be the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But after all these years, the support for democracy has in most of the countries of the region, this is according to a wide-ranging new study.

The majority of the people still support democracy over communism. The support for capitalism as an economic system has fallen in every country.

But why?
The answer is simple, they are frustrated. As "Richard Wike said 'They are frustrated with the way democracy is working in their countries,' ... 'We don't see people saying they don't want free speech, free press or competitive elections; we see people saying they want those things(By Richard Allen Greene, CNN)

In former West Germany, the satisfied people fell slightly, but went from over half to just under it. Young people and more educated people are the ones that are happier with the change from communism to capitalism in every ex-communist country.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/02/20.years.after.wall/index.html