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    Power is not evil, it is the user that makes it evil. Machiavelli, a controversial figure in political history left a legacy of brutal reality which disturbed many people. Niccolo Machiavelli’s, The Prince explores the groundbreaking ideas for a prince to secure the leading position in government and retain his power and leadership. Human nature combined with power has the possibility of becoming tragically destructive. However, that wreckage stems from the environment, and the actions…

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    In the “Necessity of Political Vulgarity”, Amber A’Lee Frost argues that vulgarity, which refers to the “crass, ugly dispensation of judgment with little to no regard for propriety” (Frost), is a particularly revolutionary tool in political sphere for fighting the powerful because it reveals the political truths and undermines the opponents’ legitimacy. In contrast, civility, which means the usage of proper and dignified languages, is not as subversive as vulgarity in political sphere because it…

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    Argentina has been a yo-yo when it comes to their democracy standing. Under many umbrellas, they are considered a democratic nation. According to “worldatlas” Argentina is considered a Presidential Representative Democratic Republic (2016, October 13), however, while many blocks could be checked to consider them fully democratic many factors could rebut this qualification. In order to break their government inner workings down I will go through various topics to see where Argentina could be…

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    Dictatorship In Venezuela

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    Venezuela Venezuela has a unique formation of the government, it is a federal presidential republic, but unlike the US and other federal governments, the power is very centralized. The president, as the chief executive is the head of state and head of government. However, the federal is consist of 72 individual islands of 11 federally controlled island groups, but the central government has lots of power in federally controlled areas and all 23 states. The nominal selectorate of Venezuela are…

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    The Republic is Plato’s magnum opus and has become essential to political philosophy. For the greater part of Plato’s Republic, it is goal of Plato, using Socrates as his mouthpiece, to analyze justice by looking at the complex aspects of the just city in reference to the aspects of an individual’s psuché or soul. This is commonly known as the city-soul analogy. The analogy is used in order to define the nature of justice but also serve as justification. The Republic claims are built on the…

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    this time, the idea of unanimous voting to elect people for government positions became popular. This was a popular system that is quite present in society today. Only those deemed “active citizens” could vote. Annual taxpaying citizen of the French Republic were considered active citizens. Although the constitution of 1791 lasted a short time, it established the ideals of lessening the monarch’s power, unanimous voting, and having equally represented bodies of government…

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    become a republic nation rather than being ruled by Britain monarchy. First of all what is the actual meaning of a republic, according to the oxford dictionaries a republic means “a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch” (Oxford dictionaries). So republic is an independent country chosen by the people and this is called referendum. So should Australia become a republic not a…

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    known as the Gilded Age, the system of governance in the United States could most aptly be described as a democratic republic. Under a democratic republic, ordinary citizens elect representatives to support their interests in government. But is that still the case? Recently, a number of academics have made the argument that the United States is no longer necessarily a democratic republic, but is more similar to a plutocracy, or a government structure in which the wealthiest citizens control key…

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    Big Republic Essay During 1787, when the Constitution was written, framers sought to create a government in which power was limited so that the people’s liberty would not be threatened. As a result of many debates and discussions, many framers believed that a republican government would abate the threat of tyranny and would grant power to the people instead of a democratic government. A democracy (democratic government) is a form of government in which the power of the majority rules. A…

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    DBQ - Democracy in Colonial America Essay Democracy in colonial America is a work in progress due to democratic and undemocratic features. Because England (the mother country) was so far away. This has made it incredibly difficult to be democratic. If they were in England it would be easier to be a democratic state. A democratic feature is Regular, free, and fair election because electing a person for office is fair. This evidence was found in document 3:The Fundamental order in…

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