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FORMS OF GOVERNMENT - From the communist point of view,

the capitalist who controlled business


The form of government is production took advantage of the
essentially determined by the number workers by paying low salaries and
of rulers, the way power is exercised keeping the profits to themselves. In
by these rulers, and the ideologies other words, workers had to work to
that guide the government. By meet their own needs and those of the
discussing the different forms of ruling class taking advantage of them.
government and their function, we are Marx thought it was only a matter of
able to evaluate the strengths, time before the working classes of the
weaknesses of each form of government, world, would unite to take control
we can explore the possibilities of from the capitalist and spread the
improving the current system of wealth.
government in our country.
A government is a system of 3. Democracy: the rule by the people.
order for a nation, state, or another That is where each individual person
political unit. A government is has a vote about what to do. Whatever
responsible for creating and enforcing the most people vote for becomes the
the rules of a society, defense, law. There is no king and anybody can
foreign affairs, the economy, and propose a new law.
public services. While the Types of Democracy:
responsibilities of all governments  Direct Democracy: Citizens
are similar, those duties are executed directly participate in decision
in different ways depending on the making
form of government. Some of the  Representative Democracy:
different types of government include Citizens elect representatives
a direct democracy, a representative to make decisions on their
democracy, socialism, communism, a behalf
monarchy, an oligarchy, and an
autocracy. 4. Monarchy: is a form of government
where power is held by a single person
Forms of Government whose right to rule is based on birth
1. Autocracy: is a form of government (born into a family of kings and
where one person has unlimited power, queens) and who has the power to
one type of autocracy is a remain in office for life.
dictatorship where a military leader Types of Monarchy:
takes power often through violent  Absolute Monarchy: the monarch
means. Another type of autocracy is an has almost total control and
absolute monarchy where a person unlimited power.
becomes the sole leader of country  Constitutional Monarchy: the
being born into a family of rulers. monarch’s powers are limited by
- The term dictatorship means a a law or a constitution with
government in which absolute power is actual governance carried out by
centered in the hand of a dictator and elected officials.
sometimes his closest partners.
Dictators can come to power in variety 5. Oligarchy: the rule of the few and
of ways. They can be elected, be generally means the people who are
appointment by the ruling part or richer and more powerful than others.
inherit their position. Some dictators Because those with power in
have taken power using violence and oligarchies are generally the rich in
are supported by the military. They a society, oligarchies are generally
control the three government powers: bad for the poor.
legislative, executive and judicial.
- In dictatorship, there are no 6. Socialism: a system where the
elections. Sometimes dictators can government owns and controls major
first obtain power from democratic industries but allows for some degree
elections, but shortly after being of private enterprise. According to
elected the dictator will ban all Marx, in a socialist society, the
opposing parties and cancel all future production and distribution of
elections. resources are controlled by the people
in the society or by the government
2. Communism: this is a society with that represents those people. Goods
no social classes, all property is are produced and distributed based on
owned by the community and all people need instead of the desire to make
have access to equal social and money.
economic status. The goal of communism
is to get rid of capitalism through a
workers revolution and spread the
wealth to the worker.

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