Introduction Throughout history, different types of instrumental regimes have remained intact, therefore civilizations have remained structured and cohesive. As humanity advanced, governments obligingly followed. While there have been hiccups from ancient times to the present day, one type of government, democracy, has proven to be the most effective and adaptive. As quoted by Winston Churchill, democracy is the best form of government that ever existed. This is true because the heart of democracy is reliant, dependent and thrives on the wishes of the population; which gives them the ability to maintain the right of choice, over time it adapts and fixes to swallow the most important and worrying issues, and people have the right to elect the person they deem appropriate and can denounce him once they do not satisfy them more. This article outlines the advantages of democracy, compared to autocratic communism, and finally illustrates the defects of democracy. Advantages of Democracy Democracy, especially parliamentary democracy, is completely dependent on the civilians of a given country. Since the preferred party as a collective is voted on, controversial issues and incessant disagreement do not pose as much of an obstacle compared to other democratic styles. Therefore this limits the number of people who can achieve power. If the leader of a party has a worrying façade, the chances of him being voted in decrease. The leader of a party represents the party, and not the party that represents it. Furthermore, democracy maintains the right to choose. These characteristics are the most attractive and dominant because people can formulate decisions based on their cultural, religious, interpersonal, and intrapersonal beliefs that delineate who… middle of paper… rks CitedBlais, Andre. "Electoral insights". CCL Web: Criteria for the evaluation of electoral systems (1999): 1-6. Network. August 26, 2010.Glazer, Nathan. “Democracy and deep divisions”. Journal of Democracy Volume 21 (2010): 5-19. Print.Harowitz, Donald L. “Comparing Democratic Systems” Journal of Democracy, Volume 1 (1990): 73-79. Print.Janos, Andrew C. “What Was Communism: A Retrospective in Comparative Analysis.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies Volume 29 (1996): 1-24. Print.Linz, Juan. “The dangers of presidentialism”. Journal of Democracy (1990): 51-69. Print.Linz, Juan J. “The virtues of parliamentarism”. Journal of Democracy Volume 1 (1990): 84-91. Print.Marx, Karl, Engles, Frederick. Communist Party Manifesto. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1848. Print.Sen, Ronojoy. “The problem of corruption”. Journal of Democracy Volume 20 (2009): 89-92. Press.