Republic of Gilead

The recent reports that the United States of America has been overthrown and, in its place, a benevolent dictator by the name of Christobal instated as Supreme Leader are false. The New? People’s? United States of America has no benevolent dictator, we the people have adopted democratic confederalism. We believe in self-government, autonomy, and independence; equality regardless of gender, religion, and ethnicity. Our revolution began from the bottom, contrary to the belief that a revolution…

The French Revolution was a political movement that spurred an incredible number of changes such as equality before the law, a stable economy, no unjust imprisonment and a government where the people have a say. After the revolution had succeeded, the new Directory held power in France. However, many French citizens felt like they were back at square one, with power abusing oligarchs, inequality, and an unstable economy. This changed, however, when Napoleon Bonaparte decided to take the reins…

The America I Believe In When asked, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Benjamin Franklin responded with, "A republic, if you can keep it." With those words Franklin taught us all something. If there is a lesson in all of this, it is that to keep a republic government, it requires the constant attention and devotion of all citizens. The America I Believe In allows for individual liberty. We should appreciate the country we live in, every day people…

Political Influence In this day and age there’s so many similarities between the Australian and United States political systems. Even though there are similarities there are also some differences. Australia and the United States has a system of government that preserves the concept of indirect democracy. Australia and the American system both are based on principles of political equality, majority rule and the preservation of minority rights. In today’s world the oldest continuing democracy…

Revolution according to the Webster Dictionary "is a sudden, extreme or complete change in the way people live work etc". During the World War 1 Russia witnessed the transition to a different and renewed that brought with itself some good and bad consequences; however it is necessary to analyze and understand each phase of the process in order to create a concept and a point of view. The Russian revolution has three main causes: political, social and economics. Political: Russia was being…

France being a republic type government, it gave the French congress power to make changes in the constitution for the two chambers of parliament. Furthermore, France is divided into branches of government which is; the executive, legislative, and judiciary branch. The…

Mistakes and misjudgements by Louis XVI explain the downfall of absolute monarchy in 1792 to a certain extent. Source one by Ruth Scurry agrees to a certain extent as it describes Louis mistake of his flight to Varennes. On the other hand sources two and three disagree and blame other factors for downfall of the monarchy such as the economy, war and the republican movement. To a certain extent, the mistakes and misjudgements of Louis XVI explains the fall of the monarchy in 1792. Ruth Scurry…

Socrates expresses that,“…is it because of the spirited part…that we call a single individual courageous (Plato 99).” It can be found if one has courage in the spirited part. In the state, the soldiers represent courage. They fight and defend for their city. They obey the rulers and are their allies. To ensure that the rulers and soldiers will fight for their city; Socrates proposed a noble lie to maintain the city’s justice. He will try to persuade the rulers and soldiers that they do not…

Nicholai Machiavelli’s The Prince provides lessons that span the theories of warfare, statecraft, and leadership. Machiavelli’s discussion of “How states or principalities should be governed that lived by their own laws before they were occupied” is of particular note to contemporary political leaders as it illustrates the folly of trying to change the political culture of conquered peoples. While Machiavelli’s view of the 16th century world bears little resemblance to the contemporary…

Effects of Human Greed Throughout history, there are many different styles and formations of governments: democracy, republic, monarchy, aristocracy, socialism, capitalism, dictatorship, etc. The most renowned type of government is Great Britain’s monarchy and the United States’ presidential system. Long before the United States’ presidential system was in place, Great Britain 's monarchy controlled us. Thomas Paine, a political theorist and philosopher, wrote a pamphlet Common Sense in 1776.…