“The people should not be afraid of the government, the government should be afraid of the people.” These are the words said by V in the movie V for Vendetta. But how can a citizen live in an authoritarian state? How can a dictator achieve absolute control of power?
By definition, authoritarianism is a government that governs without the consent of those being governed. In authoritarian states, there is only one ruler whether it may be a king, a military leader, dictator or even a president that will rule the government. Usually, the causes of why some states become Authoritarian are that there is some violent civil conflict that is going on or it could be a by-product of a Monarchy rule. It can also be a response to the abuse of a country’s …show more content…
In an authoritarian state, it asks its citizens to let go of their pleasure (whether it be personal or interpersonal), for the good of the state, however, citizens raised not having the authoritarian character will reject to make the sacrifices of letting go of their pleasure. They will deny that they exist the state but rather than the state exists to serve them better (Neill & Reich, 1994). If we look for the movie V for Vendetta, the Norsefire party made problems to the society for it to be a reason for them to turn into a totalitarian state. This is because the Norsefire party wanted to take control of Britain, and for the High Chancellor to gain authority and power. According to Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher, that humans will go back to their “state of nature” when there is no governing body/government that would rule the people. In a state of nature, there is no political organization and someone in authority to enforce laws. With people in the state of nature, we would not be able to vote, achieve success, learning, enrich our country’s cultural achievements; in short, we would be uncivilized people of the country.
Dictatorship has many benefits yet consequences too. Some of the benefits are that it helps in social stability, discipline and order and in economic development, however, the consequences are: Dictatorship’s priority is to maintain power, …show more content…
Personally, if we want stability and order in our country, maybe there are possible solutions or ways to avoid leading it into a dictatorship. A great dictator is someone who could bring fundamental change and sets a long term vision for the state. Our next generation of children wouldn’t want to see a country that is in chaos, rather a country that is on its way for change. Peace is not too far anymore to be attained but if we really want change to happen; the change that we want to see should begin in each of
By definition, authoritarianism is a government that governs without the consent of those being governed. In authoritarian states, there is only one ruler whether it may be a king, a military leader, dictator or even a president that will rule the government. Usually, the causes of why some states become Authoritarian are that there is some violent civil conflict that is going on or it could be a by-product of a Monarchy rule. It can also be a response to the abuse of a country’s …show more content…
In an authoritarian state, it asks its citizens to let go of their pleasure (whether it be personal or interpersonal), for the good of the state, however, citizens raised not having the authoritarian character will reject to make the sacrifices of letting go of their pleasure. They will deny that they exist the state but rather than the state exists to serve them better (Neill & Reich, 1994). If we look for the movie V for Vendetta, the Norsefire party made problems to the society for it to be a reason for them to turn into a totalitarian state. This is because the Norsefire party wanted to take control of Britain, and for the High Chancellor to gain authority and power. According to Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher, that humans will go back to their “state of nature” when there is no governing body/government that would rule the people. In a state of nature, there is no political organization and someone in authority to enforce laws. With people in the state of nature, we would not be able to vote, achieve success, learning, enrich our country’s cultural achievements; in short, we would be uncivilized people of the country.
Dictatorship has many benefits yet consequences too. Some of the benefits are that it helps in social stability, discipline and order and in economic development, however, the consequences are: Dictatorship’s priority is to maintain power, …show more content…
Personally, if we want stability and order in our country, maybe there are possible solutions or ways to avoid leading it into a dictatorship. A great dictator is someone who could bring fundamental change and sets a long term vision for the state. Our next generation of children wouldn’t want to see a country that is in chaos, rather a country that is on its way for change. Peace is not too far anymore to be attained but if we really want change to happen; the change that we want to see should begin in each of