what is philocracy as a form of government?
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Philocracy is based on the idea that persons who love what they govern should be in charge of governance.  It is a response to the perception that capitalism is not a sustainable system for society and that changes are needed to protect the future of the human race.
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There are different models of democracy in the "West". Three useful categories are DIRECT democracy, REPRESENTATIVE democracy and PARTICIPATORY democracy.\n\nA direct democracy is one where the citizens are directly involved in making policy decisions. This means people will effectively vote to decide what should be done.\n\nA representative democracy (eg. US and Australia) is one where leaders are elected to make decisions and have a responsibility to pursue the interests of those who elected them. \n\nIn a participatory democracy, government will make an effort to include citizens in decision-making. They may conduct polling, or run policy forums to inform people but ultimately the decision rests with government, guided by the public. This style of democracy is evident in some Scandinavian countries.\n\nThe reality of the system? It's not a perfect system of government. Sometimes governments ignore the public. Sometimes governments with alot of financial support from interest groups will look after their needs before the needs of the rest of the population and then have the funds to run massive media campaigns for their re-election. Sometimes people are malleable enough to forget that they were lied to or disadvantaged around election time. But when the day comes that people have had enough and decide it's time for a change, they can vote for a new leader. And that is why Churchill said "Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried". \n\nCheers!
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The term originates from it's Constitutional interpretation.  Strict Constructionism.\n\nThe idea is that the feelings of the majority at a given time, make bad, unreliable law.  \n\nThe rule of law (stare decisis) governs, and should not easily be changed for public opinion.\n \nThe role of government is limited to providing a strong military, regulating interstate commerce, and punishing crime.\n\nRights and responsibilities go hand in hand.\n\nThe belief that the individual does best with the least governmental controls.\n\nA belief that fewer governmental regulations spur economic progress.
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Republican: Culture of Corruption (Believe Government is bad, then get elected so they can prove it)\n\nDemocrat: Government as a force for good (Believe WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, so government is as good as we make it)
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Right, I'll do one for you, and that's your lot:\n\nDemocracy:\na) A state in which the government is elected by the majority of the population.\nb)The governemt is elected through anonymous ballot and is representative of the wishes and opinions of the majority of the country's population.\nc) There are no absolute democracies, but three that claim to be are: Germany, France and Switzerland.\nd) Advantages: representative of the majority, egalitarian.\nDisadvantages: Difficult and costly to maintain and instigate, a very small majority is sufficient to win the election therefore there are many people whose views are not being represented.
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i aggree with Phil when he says "Democracy is a very over-used and incorrectly used term\n\nWhat happens in many Western countries and the USA is called an OLIGARCHY and a PLUTOCRACY.\n\nThese are not true democracies - until 'we' can have a real democracy, we cannot export anything but a lie. "\n\nultimatly, help is for those that want it, not those that need it.....
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BEFORE IT WAS A KING'S RULE---U KNOW TERRITORY AND STUFF--THE WORD GOVERNMENT ARISES ONLY WHEN THE PEOPLE HAVE A SAY IN SOMETHING HEARD OF DEMOCRACY THAT IS WHAT WE R HAVING NOW
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Socialism is a general term for a system of collective or government ownership and management of the means of production and distribution of goods. Because of the collective nature of socialism, it is different from the doctrine of the sanctity of private property that characterizes capitalism. Where capitalism stresses competition and profit, socialism calls for cooperation and social service.
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It's actually a form of dictatorship, but the name was chosen strictly for PR value. The name makes it sound like the government actually is for the people.
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A regime (occasionally spelled "régime", particularly in older texts) denotes any system of social control, or more specifically, a form of government, especially one which is closely associated with a specific individual (eg. "the Saddam regime", or "the Salazar regime"), or based on a particular ideology (eg. "a communist" regime", "a fascist regime", or "a military regime").
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it stems from a time when there were very few educated people, and they needed a way to control the masses. It was essentially the first form of government.
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Republicanism is the view that a republic is the best form of government.
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A. Democracy is a myth.  No country has ever been a true democracy.  A true democracy everyone from age eight to death has a say on every issue.  (The US is a Federal Republic with divided and diffused powers divided between the various jurisdictions giving the federal a very specific roll and the rest to the states)\n\nB Oligarchy is the rule of a small group over a country-WHICH IS THE CORRECT ANSWER\n\nC. Theocracy is rule by a god\n\nD. Dictatorship is complete rule of one ruler.\n\n\nAgain the correct answer is B
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Early form of civil government.
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The People elect the Government\n\nBut the Government does not always reflect the will of the people\n\nAll part of a free republic
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Totalitarianism is a typology employed by political scientists, especially those in the field of comparative politics, to describe modern regimes in which the state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior, while absolutism is a political theory which argues that one person, who is often generally a monarch, should hold all power. This is often referred to as the "Divine Right of Kings", implying that a ruler's authority stems directly from God. Prominent theorists associated with absolutism include Augustine of Hippo, Paul of Tarsus, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Robert Filmer and Thomas Hobbes.\n(In short totalitarianism characterizes the political practices of a particular government, while absolutism means that the political power is being practiced by only ONE person: another word for it is oligarchy).
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if u mean federalism...its like a cake layers where the government goes thruogh a series of checks and balances, with each layer intertwined and invoved on the next...thats why its known as a marble cake. YUM!!!