The contradictions of democratic governance system are considered. An essential place among them is occupied by the problem of competent and responsible participation of masses of people in making managerial decisions. The conclusion about actual inconsistency of personal properties of the masses with the personality properties desirable for the process of management is made. This generates ideas of political elite about incompetence, irresponsibility of the masses and their susceptibility to manipulations. It is argued that the source of this contradiction is largely related to the system of representative democracy.
Keywords: democracy, totalitarianism, competence, responsibility, contradiction.
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