Affirmative Districts

Placing political conditions on humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unjust.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government
ever devised by man. Because I agree with the words of Ronald Regan, I see no other option but to
affirm that placing political conditions on humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unjust.

Definitions: Merrium Webster
Political is of or relating to politics or governments.
Politics is the activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a government or getting
and keeping power in a government
A condition is something essential to the appearance or occurrence of something else.
A political condition is a governmental change that is needed to receive humanitarian aid.
Humanitarian aid is action designed to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain and protect
human dignity during and in the aftermath of emergencies
Value: Justice
The quality of being just, impartial, or fair
Criterion: Democracy
In the words of Winston Churchhill, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except
for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." He means although democracy has
flaws, it has less flaws than all the other systems, therefore it is the best system.
I have four compelling arguments to support why democracy is the best system.
First, and certainly the most compelling, it supports freedom, we have more freedom of
speech and expression than other governments and have the freedom to criticize our own
government. And most obviously we have the right and freedom to vote.
Secondly, democracies represent the people. Unlike other governments, democratic
governments uphold what the citizens want and the people have the power to throw out the
government if they are not following what they want.
Third, democracies have more transparency. Nearly all sectors of the government keep an
eye on what is being done with the peoples money. This results in less deals being made behind
closed doors and results in less corruption.
Fourth, democracies respect and promote human rights. As we know, democracies are
understood as a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Since the people have
the rights to exercise freedom of speech and have a voice in the economy, health, education,
development, etc. this creates a mostly balanced society where no human rights are broken.
Fifth, democracies are less violent. Larry Diamond (1995), a senior at the Hoover Institute writes in a
report to the Carnegie Commission that the experience of this century offers important lessons.
Countries that govern themselves in a truly democratic fashion do not go to war with one another.
Democracies do not (Go to war with each other) aggress against their neighbors to aggrandize
themselves or to glorify their leaders. Democratic governments (they) do not ethnically "cleanse" their
own populations, and they are much less likely to face ethnic insurgency. Democracies do not sponsor
terrorism against one another. They do not build Weapons of Mass Destruction to use on or to
threaten one another. Democratic countries form more reliable, open, and enduring trading
partnerships. In the long run they offer better and more stable climates for investment. They are more
environmentally responsible because they must answer to their own citizens, who organize to protest
the destruction of their environments. They are better bets to honor international treaties since they
value legal obligations and because their openness makes it much more difficult to breach agreements
in secret. Precisely because, within their own borders, they respect competition, civil liberties,
property rights, and the rule of law, democracies are the only reliable foundation on which a new world
order of international security and prosperity can be built

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