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    cameras? The government is who is watching. The government believes it’s necessary to watch over everyone’s activities at all times. No matter what it is that people are engaged in, it’s never private. Government surveillance has come to a point where privacy no longer exists. Even if people are doing nothing wrong, they’re still under close watch. People’s individual liberties are being violated, and they do not trust the government, instead they live in fear of it. Is all this government supervision

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    The government has a particularly complex role in society and it is thus essential for the social order to be able to elect its government. In contrast to other bodies, governments have the legal right to use force and this means that all governments need to be carefully organized in order for individuals in these communities to be able to accurately comprehend concepts like morality and the best interests of the groups that they represent. Governmental behavior need to reflect behavior seen in ordinary

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    Government and the proper roles that come along with it have evolved over the years. Several different people define the government’s proper roles differently. Some think that the government should have many roles; others believe that they should have zero roles in society. Despite some citizen’s arguments saying that people are better off in their natural state, keeping order is needed in order to have a stable nation. The government’s proper role is to keep order, by providing protection, as well

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    Moralistic, Individualistic, Traditionalistic are three of Elizar’s types of political culture. For instance, Moralistic place high value on government and view working toward the collective good as a noble and primary goal. Individualistic see government as a utilitarian requirement to handle functions required of it, including enforcing the law and aggregating the people's preferences. Traditionalistic look to hierarchy and tradition to inform decision-making. One example would be proportional

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    What should the role of government be? Government is defined by Oxford Dictionaries to be “The system by which a state or community is governed” or “The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office”. In my own opinion, the role of government should include maintaining law and order within the state/country, defending the country (national defense), protecting the rights and freedoms of the citizens, and when decision-making, taking into account

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    States. (Ginsberg 68). Moreover, the advantage of local government is that they have the

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    Forms of Government in the Greek City States The Greek city states had different forms of government systems as we have seen in Sparta and Athens where one had an oligarchy government and the other a democratic one respectively. Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy and democracy are the forms of government which were found in the city states of Greece. Democracy is defined as the rule of the people, as stated by Brand (n.d). It was first developed in Athens by Cleisthenes and it was based on

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    complain about the government and are ignorant to the fact that what it is now is not what it was in 1776. A government in the late 18th century held different meaning to Americans than it does now. Back then a government meant the liberty of the people, nowadays it’s the suffering of the people. Taxes, social security and jobs are hardships today and do not define a government. A government is a body given authority to carry out binding decisions for a public. To create a government, a Constitution

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    What is the purpose of government? When looking up the definition of a government it says, “the governing body of a nation, state, or community”(dictionary.com). This helps to understand it a bit more, but what is the purpose of a government. Government has many purposes that keep its people safe and protected, this includes to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

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    The United States of America possesses one of the most effective and free government systems in the world. There is no question that it was developed by brilliant minds and has given the American people more liberties than some people in the world could ever imagine. Many countries still languish under despotism and deep corruption, and although the United States is prone to much political scandal as well, our country still remains minimally oppressive with regard to personal freedom. Some of the

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