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    decrease consumption of cigarettes. However, the increase in tax revenue, there can be an impact to health care. Revenue from healthcare is impacted (decreased) because less people are smoking and less people need health care. Taxation is a form of government policy…

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    little doubt that great satisfaction permeated the area. Rome quickly became one of the most influential areas in Europe, and it maintained a unified condition that permitted its empire to thrive for many centuries. Conversely, Greece was unable to form a cohesive civilization; to discover some potential explanations for this, it is essential to compare some of Greek’s city-states with Rome. Though Greek was composed of many independent city-states, two of the most prominent ones were Sparta…

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    involving monetary gain, power, or control. This is often associated with individuals in government or those of higher social status. In order to diminish such control over other individuals of less social or political power, Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill proposed their own stance on the influence government should have. Both individuals differ in their belief of individuality, liberty, freedom and self cultivation as forms that best define our human nature. Marx and Mill also differ in how…

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    between the government and its’ people, and if that trust is broken in the executive or the legislative then rebellion must occur, resulting in a new government formation. For instance if there was a sovereign and he sought after absolute power, he should be overthrown by the people. The ruler has just initiated a “state of war” between him and his people. Locke condones this only when it is necessary for the people to do this. The power will never go back to those in the previous government but…

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    control the structure of the government and who holds office. For example, numerous people consider America undemocratic because Trump won the presidential election losing by two million votes, and that the voice of the people was not accurately represented because the final decision was put into the hands of the electoral voters. One of the earliest forms of democracy evolved in Athens, but does not reflect how democracy is viewed today. The progression of Athenian government from monarchy to…

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    A dictatorship, as described by google, is "a country, government, or the form of government in which absolutepower is exercised by a dictator". In other words, a dictatorship is a militaristic government set up in which one person has total control over everyone by setting laws and regulations. This person holds the power and his or her laws are enforced by a heavily armed police force or military. These military enforcing groups usually keep peace and control over the people using intimidation…

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    Anatole’s opinion, the new order is very much like the old regime. The revolutionaries originally wanted France to be a better nation for its people and they created laws to govern its people equally, but then the rights and decrees granted by the new government were disbanded as radicals lost sight of the revolution’s original intentions. Anatole thinks thus revoking rights has brought the revolution full circle to the old regime they were trying to escape in trying to create a new France so…

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    Have you ever learned about the Monarchy, and the Democracy governments, my Fellow Ambassadors? Well I will like to talk to you about the differences between the two countries. I will give you details, opinions, facts, about the Monarchy and the Democracy government. In a Representative Democracy the citizens have the rights to elect leaders to represent their interest and their rights in the government. In a Direct Democracy there are No Representatives. Citizens are…

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    Many people consider fear and terror synonymous, often interchangeable. In fact, in most situations they are. However, in terms of political science, a distinction must clearly be made. While fear and terror may correlate, they are not the synonymous, and definitely not interchangeable. Machiavelli considers fear a tool for maintaining political power. Terror, on the other hand, is not a means to achieving a goal; terror is the political environment. Totalitarianism is the system through which…

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    THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AFRAID OF THEIR PEOPLE "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." Is a quote used in the film V for Vendetta by the main character “V”. I agree with this quote since, there are more citizens than government members and the only reason a dictatorship like the government is in control is because of their citizens’ fear. If the people stop fearing the government and stand united, the dictatorship will have no power and…

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