ironside100
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Future Governments
Have you ever considered what type of government may be in power in the future? I dont mean weather it will be conservative or labour, democrat or republican, I am looking at the form of government. Why is it that when people consider the future they always presume that democracy will continue? Democracy has only existed for a very short period of time. Taking lessons from history the most popular form of government has been some sort of monarchy.
Democracy seems too fragile to exist into the future. Democracy involves the complete involvement of a nation who conduct themselves by rules that are self regulating. Democracy presumes that all political parties play fairly, why does one party not just murder the opposition or stage a military coup? I feel this is because we live in a relativly safe civilised society where our liberties are never truely threated by which party gains control.
But what of the future? Surely democracys delicate balance would begin to topple if national or global disasters occured. What would be the effect if global food shortages struck due to over population? Or a exchange of nuclear weapons occured? do you think an impoverished society would recompose itself and set about establishing a democratic system where by all citizens have a voice? or would tyranical regimes rise from the ashes of nuclear holocaust and rule with an iron fist stealing and pillaging resources from one another? We can see from our short history in the 20th century that establishing democratic rule is unstable societies usually fails, examples such as the rise of Nazi germany after the first world war and what is currently happening in Iraq. Is it that these unstable societies present an oppertunity to a minority of people intent on gaining power?
We must also consider, is democracy the logical development of a civilised society? It is true that in a market economy it is democratic states that fair the best, but will it be a market economy in the future? Will the market democratic system continue to expand and expand and eventually pop when resources and land dry up?
What then is the ultimate form of government? I dont ylet think their is a ultimate form of government. Communism worked for several years but eventually collapse, and some may say that Nazi Germany was a highly civilised society. If any of you have played civilisation call to power you may remember the option to run your state as a virtual democracy. Virtual democracy was ran by a giant computer, being a giant computer it could understand all the wants and needs of the people and so chose the most democratic options all the time. In a sense people no longer needed to consider politics or governments because everything was controled by this giant computer. So is the ultimate form of government one where people dont even need to consider it?
What do you think our future rulers will be?
No apologise for length or width.
Have you ever considered what type of government may be in power in the future? I dont mean weather it will be conservative or labour, democrat or republican, I am looking at the form of government. Why is it that when people consider the future they always presume that democracy will continue? Democracy has only existed for a very short period of time. Taking lessons from history the most popular form of government has been some sort of monarchy.
Democracy seems too fragile to exist into the future. Democracy involves the complete involvement of a nation who conduct themselves by rules that are self regulating. Democracy presumes that all political parties play fairly, why does one party not just murder the opposition or stage a military coup? I feel this is because we live in a relativly safe civilised society where our liberties are never truely threated by which party gains control.
But what of the future? Surely democracys delicate balance would begin to topple if national or global disasters occured. What would be the effect if global food shortages struck due to over population? Or a exchange of nuclear weapons occured? do you think an impoverished society would recompose itself and set about establishing a democratic system where by all citizens have a voice? or would tyranical regimes rise from the ashes of nuclear holocaust and rule with an iron fist stealing and pillaging resources from one another? We can see from our short history in the 20th century that establishing democratic rule is unstable societies usually fails, examples such as the rise of Nazi germany after the first world war and what is currently happening in Iraq. Is it that these unstable societies present an oppertunity to a minority of people intent on gaining power?
We must also consider, is democracy the logical development of a civilised society? It is true that in a market economy it is democratic states that fair the best, but will it be a market economy in the future? Will the market democratic system continue to expand and expand and eventually pop when resources and land dry up?
What then is the ultimate form of government? I dont ylet think their is a ultimate form of government. Communism worked for several years but eventually collapse, and some may say that Nazi Germany was a highly civilised society. If any of you have played civilisation call to power you may remember the option to run your state as a virtual democracy. Virtual democracy was ran by a giant computer, being a giant computer it could understand all the wants and needs of the people and so chose the most democratic options all the time. In a sense people no longer needed to consider politics or governments because everything was controled by this giant computer. So is the ultimate form of government one where people dont even need to consider it?
What do you think our future rulers will be?
No apologise for length or width.