Authoritarianism and democracy differ greatly on the political spectrum. As defined in class, authoritarianism is “a political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people”. In simpler terms, authoritarianism is a political system that grants a few individuals the power to control the nation-state. Authoritarianism governments are more concerned with their own rights rather than the peoples, and those who hold power are able to bend and make rules that benefit themselves and assist them in maintaining power. Some aspects of authoritarianism would be that there are no real elections, no political parties and no civil society. In comparison to a democratic
