WI: No Democracy

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Starting with a POD is in the 1600s-1700s, contemporary democracy never emerged and by 2000, only a few small countries(Switzerland-sized) have democratic governements.
Discuss: How would the world look like? What alternative ideology might emerge etc ??
 
It depends what you mean by "democracy"... ;)

If you mean having everyone over the age of, say, 18 (with minor restrictions) having the vote, then changing that might not be too hard...
 
Well, what else would you have? Oligarchy? Or in tune with the surge of interest in Classical antiquity, Roman Republic style government, wherein the people do have power, but do not get to choose things or people directly?
 
POD: There is no Enlightenment. Europe remains under monarchies, with no scholarly advances to form the democratic / republican movements.
 
by the mid 1800 with the development of industrialised society such an amount of simple hatred and animosity would build up betwen the various oligarchies and the populations they ruled, the isuing conflicts would make the french revolution look like a peaceful referendum

ider that or the development of mass media would put the holy word of god into ewriones home and all would be calm and obedient and sheeplike

or probbably both in warious places
 
With the right POD it might be possible to get Confucianism embedded in Europe. That provides for a generally equitable non-democratic form of government.
 
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