Tsarist autocracy

Authoritarianism and democracy differ greatly on the political spectrum. As defined in class, authoritarianism is “a political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people”. In simpler terms, authoritarianism is a political system that grants a few individuals the power to control the nation-state. Authoritarianism governments are more concerned with their own rights rather than the peoples, and those…

Ronald Reagan once said “Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.” Yet some types of governments disagree. They believe that it is the governments job to run their lives. Dictatorship and almost every other type of government disagrees with Reagan. The type of government that agrees with him is democracy. Even though many people may not agree, representative democracy is the best government type because it supports rights of people, the participation of the…

Let’s be a Dictator! (An analysis of the basic views of a Totalitarian style government) Not many areas in the world today operate as a totalitarian type of government. The term totalitarian is defined as a system of government that is dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state. Obviously now it is extremely easy to see that the United States is not one of these dictator-type governments. However, there are a few places around the world that are ruled with a totalitarianism type…

The absence of government is more desirable than oppressive government, because it is much more difficult to truly live underneath an oppressive government than it is to start from scratch in a new, unorganized situation where you have more freedom. While it is somewhat unnerving to live in a circumstance with no government, and while no situation is void of issues and problems, a fulness of freedom would be present and the issues would be fixed much easier and quicker than in a despotic…

Everyone has different criteria for their ideal government whether they know it or not. The three most important characteristics of a government are: that the leader is elected, everyone is treated equal, and the people can overrule the leader. These characteristics promote patriotism and prevent the desire to overthrow the government. For a government to function properly the leader or leaders must be elected, not given power. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies Ralph is elected leader.…

The most unsuccessful system of government is dictatorship. It is the most unsuccessful type of government because there is only one person ruling over the whole country and the people do not get to have their say. If people speak in a unsympathetic way about the dictator they could be found guilty for some fictional and freakish reason which in some countries which equals execution. The dictator does not only rule over the people but also dominates over the military which makes the dictator…

Textbook definitions of democracy usually go something like this, “In a democracy the people have the power”. In the United States, that is not the case, in fact that is far from the case. One cannot say that the American government is a democracy in a true democracy every government official would be elected and in America that is not the case. In my opinion a government that calls themselves a democracy should let the people vote on every government position with even the slightest bit of…

Napoleon and a Duva-Liar Dictatorship has been around for several years and continues to take over many places in the world. While some believe dictatorship does not exist in modern times, it is still happening in quite a few countries. Not only do dictators hold all power, but many can be cruel. Jean-Claude Duvalier was the dictator of Haiti and compares to Napoleon in Animal Farm by George Orwell because of their harsh similarities to how they rule their people. Although Napoleon…

Winston Churchill has been quoted, “…Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” If democracy is the best of the worst alternatives, why do the majority of countries in the western hemisphere have a democratic system? Isn’t there a better choice out there that would benefit people? And because democracy is governed by the people, what makes the average citizen participate in government and what influences them to vote? Democracy originated in Athens,…

We know that governments are different and each of them has its own way of ruling the country, determining the politics problems it has and the ways of dealing with them. If we look back in the history we can see examples of different types of non-democratic regimes, ‘until modern times states were normally ruled by authoritarian regimes and most of these were hereditary monarchies.’ (D. Caramani, 2014, p.97) Today there are still countries that are being ruled in non-democratic ways. The…