Pondering what is the best kind of government to live under
Here are the definitions of some of the types of rules people live under. These are the definitions I found in a Webster dictionary.(Copyright 1989) DEMOCRACY: Government by the people, usually through elected representatives; A state so governed; social equality; The principles of the Democratic party. DICTATOR: An autocrat, an absolute ruler; someone who acts like a petty tyrant. DICTATORSHIP: The office or period of power of a dictator; A form of government in which power is held by a dictator without effective constitutional checks. MONARCH: A person ruling, usually by hereditary right and for his lifetime, over a kingdom or people, and invested with either absolute or constitutional power; The chief person or thing of its kind of class. MONARCHY: A state ruled by a monarch; Rule by a monarch. REPUBLIC: A form of government in which the head of state is an elected president rather than a monarch; A form of government in which the sovereign power is widely vested in the people ...