Pros and Cons
Types of Government
Government
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Pros
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Cons
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Democracy
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Encourages the Public
Decentralizes Power
Policy Change
Encourages Economic Growth
Provides Equal and Fair Justice
Eliminates Violence
Prevents Warfare
Produces Good Citizens
Equality
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Lack of knowledge
Encourages Mob rule
Takes time to implement change
Divide and rule
People think of themselves first
Corruption
No value of promises
Increases Greed
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Monarchy
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Solid government
Leadership stability
Savings for the government because there isn’t any elections
Non-parisian leadership
Respect for the leader
Less corruption
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The leader is not chosen by the people
It lacks democratic accountability and liability
Its hereditary office for its leader is not justifiable
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Dictatorship
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Crime decreases
Dictators can direct government resources immediately
Remove corruption
Promote innovation
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Dictators want to stay in power for as long as possible
They can change laws at any time
Only a dictator's opinion matters.
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Communism
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Equality
More employment
More education
Agriculture and manufacturing are emphasized
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Peoples rights are restricted
More tendency for violence
Earnings are limited
Result in poverty
No savings allowed
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Totalitarianism
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Leaders retain absolute power
Direct authority allows politicians to retain complete order and influence of the economy
Allows for a great deal of expansion
It is often clear who holds the greatest amount of power
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The establishment has too much control.
Getting rid of everyone who doesn’t agree with it and even their families along with them.
Citizens have a very low influence on what actions the state will take
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Oligarchy
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Power is centralized within a leadership team
An oligarchy strives to keep the status quo
It can foster creativity and innovation
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Ruling class have more wealth than the rest of society
It prevents new perspectives and diversity.
It can limit available supplies
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Anarchy
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It adds creativity to the problem-solving process.
It eliminates the negative elements of society that binds people together.
It eliminates the negative elements of society that binds people together.
It respects the complexity of the world at the individual level.
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It is supported by individuals who have different definitions of what anarchy is.
It can create isolation.
It can be overly ambitious.
It is often romanticized.
It requires real-world experience to make it functional.
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