The Wall That Separates Democracy and Autocracy is Thin and Flimsy
A government may be constitutional, but not democratic.
Authoritarian government is democratic but non-constitutional, sometimes also referred to as "simple unchecked democracy.
" Absolute democracy has been extremely precarious and cannot survive in the modern era.
Such kind of regime has rapidly failed resulting to chaos, civil wars, widespread lawlessness and violence.
Absolute democracy has been buried into oblivion now that diverse authoritarian fills have been consented.
Democracy exists where the principal leaders of a political system are selected by competitive elections in which the bulk of the population has the opportunity to participate.
Democracy however, must not be defined in terms of election alone, neither it be bounded on election that must be contested in order to be democratic.
Authoritarian regimes have become generic, where there is no contested election or in the absence of pluralistic democracy, all other political systems are authoritarian.
The existence of authoritarian ideology is not without justification.
It is believed that authoritarianism exists as an indictment of democracy, the alleged incompetence of democracy and the average man.
Authoritarianism filled in society where democracy is not unfeigned, where there is inequality and poverty.
In a modern day autocracy, the state is governed by a leader of a political party or a dictator.
Iraq formerly under Saddam Hussein, Italy under Mussolini, Syria under Hafez al-Assad and Korea under Kim IL Sung are other totalitarian governments.
Under this system, the economy is centrally controlled by the dictator, including mass communication and weapons of destruction.
Total subjection of the individual to the purpose of the party and the state, characterized the nature and existence of the system.
Time and again, more authoritarian forms of government will come and fail.
However those that endure the test of times with patterns toward narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, then and only then that there is true democracy.
A government may be democratic but where there is corruption, injustices, and poverty is not democratic at all.
In form, maybe it is, as there is the existence of competitive election, but in reality, it is autocracy.
Autocracy may be democratic as when the leaders are genuinely committed to their avowed objectives indicative of the democratic character of a regime in whatever form it may be.
A narrowing of the gap between the rich and the poor is identified as the most authentic indicator of the democratic character of a regime.
A true democracy is one in which the working men are assured of their right to work and know that nobody can kick them out into the gutter to starve to death! Indeed, it is not the form of government that matters; what counts is the essence of its existence.
Whether it is democracy, dictatorship, fascism, totalitarianism, it is always the leaders of the country that determine policy of a state and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along.
The people can always be brought to the conjuring of the leaders.
It operates the same way in any form of government.
Clearly, the wall that separates democracy and autocracy is thin and flimsy.
Authoritarian government is democratic but non-constitutional, sometimes also referred to as "simple unchecked democracy.
" Absolute democracy has been extremely precarious and cannot survive in the modern era.
Such kind of regime has rapidly failed resulting to chaos, civil wars, widespread lawlessness and violence.
Absolute democracy has been buried into oblivion now that diverse authoritarian fills have been consented.
Democracy exists where the principal leaders of a political system are selected by competitive elections in which the bulk of the population has the opportunity to participate.
Democracy however, must not be defined in terms of election alone, neither it be bounded on election that must be contested in order to be democratic.
Authoritarian regimes have become generic, where there is no contested election or in the absence of pluralistic democracy, all other political systems are authoritarian.
The existence of authoritarian ideology is not without justification.
It is believed that authoritarianism exists as an indictment of democracy, the alleged incompetence of democracy and the average man.
Authoritarianism filled in society where democracy is not unfeigned, where there is inequality and poverty.
In a modern day autocracy, the state is governed by a leader of a political party or a dictator.
Iraq formerly under Saddam Hussein, Italy under Mussolini, Syria under Hafez al-Assad and Korea under Kim IL Sung are other totalitarian governments.
Under this system, the economy is centrally controlled by the dictator, including mass communication and weapons of destruction.
Total subjection of the individual to the purpose of the party and the state, characterized the nature and existence of the system.
Time and again, more authoritarian forms of government will come and fail.
However those that endure the test of times with patterns toward narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, then and only then that there is true democracy.
A government may be democratic but where there is corruption, injustices, and poverty is not democratic at all.
In form, maybe it is, as there is the existence of competitive election, but in reality, it is autocracy.
Autocracy may be democratic as when the leaders are genuinely committed to their avowed objectives indicative of the democratic character of a regime in whatever form it may be.
A narrowing of the gap between the rich and the poor is identified as the most authentic indicator of the democratic character of a regime.
A true democracy is one in which the working men are assured of their right to work and know that nobody can kick them out into the gutter to starve to death! Indeed, it is not the form of government that matters; what counts is the essence of its existence.
Whether it is democracy, dictatorship, fascism, totalitarianism, it is always the leaders of the country that determine policy of a state and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along.
The people can always be brought to the conjuring of the leaders.
It operates the same way in any form of government.
Clearly, the wall that separates democracy and autocracy is thin and flimsy.
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