Andre Winegar: The answers to these is very extensive. Are you referencing to Communist, Socialist, Democratic, just to name the big three but there are a hundred different architectures of governments. but in a nut shell, my personal insite of government .... We are screwed.
Michal Semple: Might makes right- means the most powerful makes the rules.Political power- There is also an element of back door deals and arm twisting from the cleverest. Political power is divided so that rule of the strongest really doesn't happen in the US.Yes government is more than power for those who run it, because in America the gov't is made up of the people. That makes it a force to create society not just a source of power.Gov't is made legitimate by the peoples decree, by force, or by peace and prosperity.Governments will always be around to create structure of rules and security for all people to live under. This can degenerate into dictatorship pretty easily though....Show more
Shelley Stevens: There are governments beacause society must be organized.But i think that in the near future,every person will be able to vote through internet,i mean,not to vote other persons but laws and all the things that must be done in a country.A govt.is legitimate when it does what was promised in the campaign before the election
Mack Ukich: My philosophy is to stay out of sex, religion and politics'sin this category.
Delphine Cajka: Might makes right is a warped philosophy. If you remember 'Lord of the Flies' - the stronger members of the group eventually gain power, and the stable society inhabited by Ralph ? and Piggy begins to break down, anarchy reigns supreme.Since the majority of people are totally uninterested in politics (unless something drastic forces them to be) it seems to me that it is the most powerful and the most persuasive on TV who will be elected...based on personalities rather than policies.Government is the elected members ! and the civil servants....I think we could do away with the el! ected members and let the civil servants do their job...I don't think many people would notice any difference in their day to day existence.A government is legitimate if lawfully elected (however ignorant the electorate) by a majority Yes, indeed. I wonder that, too....Show more
Garrett Detone: These questions are what were asked by the American founding fathers such as John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.They found their answers in the philosophies of John Locke, John Hume, Harrington, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Jacques Rousseu, Adam Smith, and Francois Quesnay.Hobbes was a state absolutist.Hume was a tory (democracy was an open door to chaos).Blackstone was a tory lawyerHarrington were republicans of strong aristocratic biasLocke were constitutional monarchistsSo just remember the 'Golden Rule of History' - them that has the gold, makes the rules. Or them that has the guns, makes the rules.Might makes right:! The victors write history.Political power: Politics has sometimes been called the 'art of compromise'. You are forced to compromise when powerful men do not want to change.American government is a system of checks & balances so powerful men are held back.Any government is legitimate when it is 'recogninzed' by other powerful governments.Why are there governments at all? Because very rich & powerful people put themselves in charge.Realistically speaking, no government exists if there are not powerful people who make it exist....Show more
Veta Slicker: "What does it mean to say that "might makes right"? "- It's essentially saying that the most powerful have a duty to use that power against the rest of us."Is political power ultimately nothing but the rule of the strongest, the most powerful, the most persuasive on TV? "- Yes because the nation state is nothing if not organized coercion. All the money it generates is stolen through taxes (behind threats of violence)! and it's borders protected through threats of violence."Is a governmen! t anything more than the power of those who run it? "- A government is not real. It's a conceptual tag. All the things the government does is done by specific individuals. The reason it's powerful is because it represents the psychological trauma of childhood. The same parts of the brain light up in familial relations as political ones and next to none is involved with the neo frontal cortex (the reasoning part of our brain)."In your opinion, what makes a government legitimate? "- Nothing. It breaks from it's own principles immediately after it states them. It's posed as a solution to theft, murder, rape and kidnapping (among other things) and yet inflicts ALL of those as a solution for them. It's a logical contradiction and wholly evil. Police kidnap, steal from and murder people everyday and puts those people it kidnaps in a place where they will likely be raped weekly. Just because a man wears a uniform does not make him exempt from simple logic. Soldiers murder, the pol! ice steal and it's not justified ever."Why are there governments at all?"- Because our parents exempt themselves from the rules they force us to abide by....Show more
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