In the past, countries’ governing bodies have been overthrown because those who were supposed to obey them no longer liked the way that they ran things. If the people don’t like how their leaders are running things, they will rebel against the power that they are abusing. An example of this is a former Libyan dictator who did atrocious things that the people no longer felt safe under his rule, so the people rebelled and successfully overthrew him. Using this as an example, this is one thing that proves that people should not fear their government, but rather governments should fear their people.
I agree with the pro side because history has proven that it is the people who hold the power and not those who claim that they are the power - the government that either instituted itself or people allowed it to happen. England’s Magna Carta was put in place in 1215 because King John’s lords were not happy with how he ruled with his ‘Divine Right’. During the French Revolution (1789-1799), King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were no longer favoured, their people thought that they could no longer provide for them in the way that the monarchy should, so the civilians revolted against the monarchy and it was eventually overthrown. The American Revolution came about because many in the …show more content…
Even in 1984, there is a place within the government that tortures people to get them to conform and to brainwash them into being law-abiding citizens. If the government did not have to fear its people and the possibility of them coming to realise that their own government may not be what they think it is, why would they have the need to a government building that tortures and brainwashes people? Or even have things such as ‘Thought
I agree with the pro side because history has proven that it is the people who hold the power and not those who claim that they are the power - the government that either instituted itself or people allowed it to happen. England’s Magna Carta was put in place in 1215 because King John’s lords were not happy with how he ruled with his ‘Divine Right’. During the French Revolution (1789-1799), King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were no longer favoured, their people thought that they could no longer provide for them in the way that the monarchy should, so the civilians revolted against the monarchy and it was eventually overthrown. The American Revolution came about because many in the …show more content…
Even in 1984, there is a place within the government that tortures people to get them to conform and to brainwash them into being law-abiding citizens. If the government did not have to fear its people and the possibility of them coming to realise that their own government may not be what they think it is, why would they have the need to a government building that tortures and brainwashes people? Or even have things such as ‘Thought