Stefany93 wrote:
Hello folks,
Which one of the systems of government you think it is best - The Democracy or The Absolute Monarchy?
The absolute monarchy is a system of government that allows a single person called a monarch to take control of the entire nation. His voice is louder than the others, and he can do whatever he wants - no one has the right to say anything to him. He can confiscate your property in one day, without the right to dispute his will. He can also kill you while standing before him. But he can also make a lord from a peasant and give you boundless domains just like that, if he thinks you are worthy of such posseions.
I think the absolute monarchy is the most useful thing to a single nation.
In the democracy, the things are exactly the other way around - the power belongs to many people, and you always have the right to dispute any decision. It gives you more freedom, and some other stuff.
This question has been discussed ever since the raise of the mankind.
What do you think?
Which one of the systems of government you think it is best - The Democracy or The Absolute Monarchy?
The absolute monarchy is a system of government that allows a single person called a monarch to take control of the entire nation. His voice is louder than the others, and he can do whatever he wants - no one has the right to say anything to him. He can confiscate your property in one day, without the right to dispute his will. He can also kill you while standing before him. But he can also make a lord from a peasant and give you boundless domains just like that, if he thinks you are worthy of such posseions.
I think the absolute monarchy is the most useful thing to a single nation.
In the democracy, the things are exactly the other way around - the power belongs to many people, and you always have the right to dispute any decision. It gives you more freedom, and some other stuff.
This question has been discussed ever since the raise of the mankind.
What do you think?
I think that each system is only beneficial given a very specific set of enduring conditions. Otherwise each system will fail.
The conditions can be, among others:
1) For Monarchy: good will of the Monarch - he cares about the country rather than about his own interests.
2) For Democracy: the education and awareness of the people - so that the decisions they make follow reason and common sense rather than whoever has more money to shout louder.
The world has seen failures on both sides, as well as some successes (although these were much less permanent than the failures).
If the conditions above are not met, I think that Democracy can be the lesser of the two evils because it has much more inertia so the damage is spread over a much wider time period. And also - within the Democracy there will always be forces pulling for the good, even if in minority, which will help. In Monarchy, if the Monarch is bad, that's that.
Anyways, what I say is an extremely simplistic picture. I don't really think that a pure Democracy or Monarchy is physically achievable. We always operate somewhere inbetween.
PS. there are other viable systems as well, you know, with their own issues... its not only between these two.
