The Myth Called Western Democracy: A Diplomatic Approach

The idea of democracy has occupied our understanding of how leaders who want to govern a state should be elected but covert, the west promotes its national interest through it. Democracy is an Athenian idea but has become a standard form of government to humanity. Ethnologically, democracy is the rule of the people. The main thrust of this paper is to explain the western purported view of democracy been what she preaches and how the West had supported autocratic regimes like the Saudi Arabia Absolute Monarchical System and Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, as against leaders that are aimed to foster development in their nations. Consequently, the paper unveils the national interest objective of the West in her dealings with non-European nations on the disguise of “democracy” in pooling down great leaders. Thomas Sankara, Saddam Hussein and Allede Savaldore of Chile are clear examples in this regard. Secondary sources of data were utilized to get the needed information for this work and it will be descriptive and analytical.