Comparison Of US Government Vs. Dictatorship

If you compare Oligarchy vs Democracy on how stable a government these can provide, then certainly dictatorship wins hands down. Oligarchy government often resort to violent methods to curb any kind of public uprisings to protect its power and ruling status in the country.

The United States government is certainly better than totalitarian and authoritarian governments, and can be rated as one of the top countries for protecting individual rights and ensuring citizen political participation. The United States is a constitutional government so the individual liberties of the people are protected, and the government can not have complete control over everything because they too are confined by laws. This is unlike totalitarian governments that do not care or provide for individual rights and do not have anything confining them, so they are allowed to do whatever they like. Also, authoritarian governments do not allow citizen participation in government, while the United States does which makes our country freer

In the past, different civilizations have been ruled by different forms of government. The U.S. Democratic Republic, the Roman Republic, and the Athenian Democracy have similar and different functions of how they run their government.

Which is why dictators usually reserve the right of overriding their parliaments, government and courts even though they designate power for most situations. It's also why dictatorships are far more efficient in crisis situations i.e. war, then democracies. (Separation of Powers)

In America, we pride ourselves on being a democracy and having choices, when in fact, it is only a political illusion. In the Constitution of the United States (which we are all held accountable to abide by), it states that we are a republic with regard to the people’s desire to be a democracy, yet there is much evidence that leans towards America being an oligarchy. While a republic is a country which elects representatives to make government decisions on their behalf, an oligarchy is a system in which a small group of people controls the country. The debate of American being an oligarchy assumes that elites have power in many aspects of government, such as the Electoral College and the election process,

Athens of ancient Greece had perhaps the most advanced system of government of the ancient world. The system of Athens was called a Democracy. That is, every citizen voted on everything. People have claimed that the United States is also a Democracy. This is not true. The government of the United States is a Constitutional Republic (Every). United States citizens vote for representatives, who then vote on the laws. They themselves are limited by a constitution. Democracy is a flawed government system. The Constitutional Republic is also flawed, however, it is better at safeguarding individual rights, when applied correctly. Therefore, a Constitutional Republic is a better system than a Democracy.

Some long standing societies have failed to become democratic, even with popular support for such a political system for many different reasons. One, tradition and change is hard. Some states have such a thick religious, cultural, etc. history that they do not know how to incorporate democracy with what their state has, needs and wants. Two, they do not want a democracy. They want to be different and try something new to become better or even equal to the presence that the United States used to play as the main actor of politics worldwide. They see the United States diminishing in ways that it does not wish to, so it does not go with the democracy route. Three, some leaders may find that fear works better than anything else. Isolating people

Due process is defined as the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards. (Wilson, James Q. (2009). American Government (9th Edition). Ohio: Strayed University.)

A democratic republic best protects the people against tyranny when compared to a pure democracy. A pure democracy is deficient because a large group of people can put one person in office who can abuse his power to be unfair to minorities. In a democratic republic, you have multiple representatives, elected from each state, who meet to administer the government. The group of representatives can be influenced by each other. Therefore, there is no real difference between a democratic republic and a pure democracy. However, in our current system, we are governed by two parties, which produces the likelihood of tyranny if a party was to become more strong than the other. Having two central parties also reduces the number of beliefs shared in the government. Therefore, several smaller parties would benefit the people the most because it diversifies our government and prevents the rise of central power.

Usually, a strong society is not a dictatorship. With dictatorships, there is not a healthy balance of power. However, dictatorships can arise, and even flourish, in certain circumstances. Dictatorships can arise from playing on popular fears, as exemplified both in Lord of the Flies(LOTF) and in World War II.

There are ways our government controls and protects our country. However, there are other countries that have a different form of taking care of their nation. There are two types of government that demonstrates and explain how countries around the world takes care of their nation. Every country either has a limited or unlimited government that can explain the ways they do things. By learning about the differences of a limited and unlimited government, we will be able to understand historical debate in the united states, comparison of the United States government vs another country with a different government type and how each government applies to the concept of a representative democracy.

Governments play an important role in a society by providing it with a set of rules and structures in order to keep it in order and its citizens safe from harm. The United States is governed by a Democracy which is the best type of government because of the rights it gives to its citizens and the steps that it takes to ensure that the government doesn’t have too much power over its citizens.

My second principle,deals with a political society that defines the political government. In my opinion, there's dozens of political government, although, the most greatest efficient type of government is a representative democracy. The public still has a say in the politics of the nation, instead of a two party system, similar to the U.S., I consider a parliamentary system more useful. A parliamentary system enhances the ways conclusions are made. Throughout the years, the American two party system has been driving the nation to its doom by arguing the same problem and never agreeing. That's why the countries in my previous paragraph were able to agree with topics that America still argues. additionally, less elections or in better terms

A dictatorship is a government ruled by one commander. An example of this is Iraq. Saddam Hussein is the dictator of Iraq. Whatever he decides becomes law. Dictatorships are similar to absolute monarchies in that they are very oppressive to the people of the country. The major difference between the two is that absolute monarchies are families inheriting their power while dictatorships often result from military takeovers or from an elected official who refuses to step down from his elected office.

In the "Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy", the author Barrington Moore Jr. discusses or presents how the upper class and peasants were represented in different in the processes like democracy, fascism, and communism. In the book, Barrington separates the book into 2 parts. Part I focuses on the process to achieving democracy and capitalism in the cases of England, France and the United States of America. Part II of the book focuses on communism, fascism, and an Asian form of democracy for the countries of China, Japan, and India respectively. While there is a lot of material to discuss, reading about the evolutions of these country 's political systems was interesting to read and makes you think about how far we have come not