A summary of Aristotle's three main different types of government and their "corrupt" derivatives.

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[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I believe that there is a much bigger group of choices when it comes to the way a government should be run, unlike the right and left that seek to associate certain versions to themselves alone, I like to believe there is a whole lot more room to experiment with politics.

It's the three main versions of government according to Aristotle and their bad derivatives. Unlike most people I don't think all authoritarian types of government for example, are evil by themselves, but they all have their advantages and disadvantages.

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The One needs executives, The Many need representatives. The elites are always present, no need to give them a special slot.

Prosperity comes when people can enjoy the rewards of their own work. This can happen either when they live in a naturally small community, or when they live in a country with wise laws.

The first is more pleasant, the second is realistic. Who can protect such laws from idiots and villains? An educated king? An educated majority? A persuasively written constitution?

The original job of a state, is to protect its citizens from other, inner and outer, more tyrannical state wannabes. Once media or corporations touch the laws, there must be some reaction. Or the country will receive a new ruler.

[–]Druullus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

...because some people are omniscient?