http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2048657/letters-editor-november-23-2016
Is democracy all it's cracked up to be?
I refer to Shirley Lee’s letter (“Trump, Brexit raise doubts on voting system”, November 18).
Ms Lee is seemingly confused when she states that “virtually everyone had been predicting a win for Hillary Clinton”.
Had she spoken to Donald Trump supporters, they most assuredly were not “taken by surprise”. The same can be said of the 52 per cent of Britons who voted for Brexit in the EU referendum.
The entire foundation of democracy is that we elect a person the people vote for (albeit Clinton won the popular vote but was not elected, that is a flaw of the American system).
There is no requirement for previous experience, no requirement for suitability and no requirement to implement the policy ideals that may get a person elected.
The shocked reaction to Trump and Brexit is simply because Ms Lee and millions of others are on the losing side – too bad, that’s democracy.
Her argument for Hong Kong is pointless, we are not a democracy and based upon her own argument, perhaps democracy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Mark Peaker, The Peak