Authoritarian Government: Different From A Democracy

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An authoritarian government is different from a democracy in many ways. For example, authoritarian government is a government that uses force or inheritance to receive their power, as opposed to the democracy government, which votes for the people they believe will serve them the best. Authoritarian government also uses different methods in how they use their power and how they keep peace.
The democracy government is limited from using too much power and rights and freedoms are protected. Also the power is spread into different governments including, federal, state, and local. Democracy also have different branches in the government, so one person cannot have all of the power. In the authoritarian government only one person is in power, and

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