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Which of the Ten Commandments supports the central idea of democracy?
The Ten Commandments were written at a time when an absolute monarchy was considered to be the ideal form of government. None of them provides any support for the concept of democracy.
Is the USA losing its democracy?
Ne. Democracy is very much alive and well in the United States.
Another View: It depends on just how you define the word. Is the US in danger of losing its form of Democracy as established by the US Constitution? Yes, I believe that it is ebbing away.
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What is reformism as a political ideology?
Reformism argues that people’s lives can be changed by making minor alterations to the way that society functions, rather than a wholesale transformation to an entirely different social system.
What is the difference between fascists and communism?
A lot. I would direct you to wikipedia or dictionary.com- they'll have good defintions of both terms.
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The fascism has more similarities than differences from the communism, although they claim foes and enemy against each other.
- -They all control a country in name of state.
- -They all exploit people from private possess.
- -They all advocate personal superstition of top political leader.
- -They all split the society by laws into different classes and neglect the principle of human equality.
- -They all discriminate one or few of the social classes by laws and by governmental propaganda, claiming that the majority of society is superior to the minority thereof, therefore persecution and exploitation of the minority have beneficial effects in social progress. Communism claims that proletarian is superior to capitalists or bourgeois while the fascism claims that Aryans are superior to Jewish and other races.
- -They all claim that their political power is not to be challenged and eliminate all possibilities of other politically different existence to maintain their dictatorship. Opposite or different political opinions are considered de facto illegal.
- -They all interfere private life of the individuals in name of people or of working class. Victims of political persecution feel their livings socially difficult or impossible. Secret police or similar functioning organization is widely active to inspect or supervise people's thoughts and speeches.
- -Legislation and trial are controlled only by governing political party.
Although with above there are some differences:
- -Fascism accepts the concept of country while communism thinks that the concept of country will eventually disappear.
- -Facsism thinks the social-class difference eternally exists and one of the government functions is to make every class accept the differences and keep the social order with such differences; Communism thinks social class will disappear and government is temperarily necessary before the whole world units.
In fact the main difference between the fascism and communism is that the former is a dictatorship on base of force while the latter is that on base of utopia.
I'm not sure but i think it's : written request for an official decision.
Equality of condition describes a state in which people have a similar amount of material wealth or in which the general economic conditions of their lives are similar.
What is the form of dictatorship in Bhutan?
Prior to 2008, Bhutan was an Absolute Monarchy (which is an absolute dictatorship). Currently, Bhutan is not a dictatorship, but a Constitutional Monarchy, with an elected Parliament and a Prime Minister and the King being an important Head of State.
What governmental intervention does libertarians oppose?
All intervention that is not consented to by those being intervened upon.
or, alternatively...
All intervention which is not for the purpose of protecting a direct threat to someone's life, liberty, or property.
'Communism' is a nickname for a political ideology that was developed over a long period of time. There is no point in trying to find one single 'year of creation'. It is very closely associated with the philosophy of Karl Marx (1818-1883). From about 1870 onwards most socialist parties in Europe were in one sense or another Marxist. The largest group of Russian Social Democrats, the Bolsheviks headed by Lenin, made very considerable changes to Marxism.
Which countries are democracies without an electoral college?
The United States is the only example of a country in the world which uses an electoral college to indirectly elect the executive, so every other democracy is one without an electoral college.
Why do you prefer democracy than any other form of government?
The theoretical advantages of direct democracy are quite appealing:
- Dramatic reduction or elimination of the power of political parties.
- Reduction of the influence of special interests (corporations and labor unions).
- Reduction of political "horse-trading" and "pork-barrel" deals.
As a result, someone who belongs to a majority group would prefer pure democracy. However, there are several weaknesses of direct democracy:
- There is no incentive to protect minority rights, property rights or personal liberty ("tyranny of the majority"). This is sometimes summarized by the aphorism (misattributed to Benjamin Franklin), "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch".
- The public is frequently ill-informed on complex issues.
- Public opinion is easily manipulated by the media.
- The public is susceptible to popular delusions ("the madness of crowds").
- Public opinion is unduly influenced by recent events and ignorant of the lessons of history.
- The near-term self-interests of the public, even though they may form a majority, may be contrary to the long-term best interest of the population as a whole (similar to the "tragedy of the commons"). Some would argue that this is true of representative democracy, as well.
What is the theory of property in Locke's philosophy?
If you apply your labour to something in the common sphere of property it becomes yours. You must not take more than you need and leave as much and as good for others. The more labour you apply, the greater the reapings from it.
What party do liberals belong?
the d.p., commonly referred to as "the dance party"
Generally the Democratic party is the bastion of liberalism in America. In other countries, parties such as the Labor Party or the Worker's Party and, oh yeah, the Liberal Party are where you might find a lot of liberals.
How psycholohy and the six basic principles of the constitution are related?
everything in this world is related to psychologist. The government were trying to make a stronger government but not to powerful they also wanted it to be ruled by the people and for the people. this is when psychologist gets in to it. They knew how was it to be ruled by one person was and that they didn't have no voice in that formed of government so they try to make a new form of government. as any other group they wanted to a have a leader but also wanna have other people doing functional task that way no one gets to powerful and everybody participates on it. they also put norms or rules on which how they think it should be ruled.
What is the difference between military diplomacy and defence diplomacy?
Defence diplomacy is the deliberate application of resources from across the spectrum of defence, to achieve positive outcomes in the development of bilateral and multilateral relationships. Military diplomacy is a sub-set of this, tending to refer only to the role of military attachés and their associated activity. Defence diplomacy does not include military operations, but subsumes such other defence activity as international personnel exchanges, ship and aircraft visits, high level engagement (e.g. Ministers and senior defence personnel), training and exercises, security sector reform, bilateral military staff talks, etc.
How do democracy leaders stay in power?
They do good deeds for the people so the people will want as president
What type of government is more common communism or democracy?
Definitely Communism.... even democratic governments are in most cases just a guise under which the exact same concepts and systems of communism are applied or in the process of being applied. Just look at the United States and there sympathetic view of communism by there intellectuals.
How is Bourgeoisie and proletariat different?
The proletariat are the exploited workers whereas the bourgeoisie are the wealthy owners of production
It is an act of congress passed after the Vietnam War, over President Nixon's veto, and of dubious constitutionality, which seeks to define and limit the powers of the president of the United States to command the armed forces. The most important provision is that if the U.S. armed forces go into combat the president must get a resolution from congress authorizing the mission. If the resolution is not passed then the forces must be withdrawn from the combat within sixty days. Since it was passed no president has ever acknowledged its validity but, nonetheless, have complied with it.
