They are the ones whom make decisions that affect everyone under their control. Although we learn throughout the book that this government is different from all previously attempted mass systematic control. These individuals share large amounts of power between each other and have discovered a path which will stop the constant class struggle. The ideology of the totalitarian government is that the individual becomes nothing more than a cell of a much larger organism, in this case the organism is an empire. The rulers of such an empire would never have to worry about being overthrown, so long as they kept control over their subjects with careful indiscrimination.
However structuralists have argued that mass political movements in Germany were on the rise and did in fact influence politics. The power the Kaiser has was overwhelming because he didnt have to answer to neither the reichstag or the bundesrat, he ultimately has complete utter control over domestic and foreign policy. This would suggest that Wilhelmine Germany was an authoritarian state under the kaisers rule, but many historians such as Wehler suggested his own version of the argument which states that Wilhelmine Germany was in fact shaped by the elites (junkers) and the army which simply controlled the Kaiser from the shadows. In this essay i will discuss these interpretations offering the view that Wilhelmine Germany was an 'authoritarian' state under the rule of elites and ultimately the kaiser. Kaiser Wilhem II was an unpredictable, intelligent man with a poor judgement, hardly the kind of person you would give almost unchallenged political powers.
However in reality this was not the case, as because Lenin believed he was speeding up the dialectical phase of Marxism he adopted the ideology of ‘dictatorship’ rather than ‘communism’ due to his belief that he was the only one capable of leading the country to communism. The adjustment of ideology meant that there was little difference between his ideology and the ideology of ‘autocracy’ on which the preceding Tsars had based their rule. This meant that both the Tsars and the Communists believed in absolute rule, (good evaluation in this para)which in turn affected the nature of the government in many ways. Firstly, it affected the structure, resulting in both Tsarist and communist government sharing a ‘top down’ structure, in which the leader at the time had absolute control, as shown by Alexander III use of Land captains to increase state control, Nicholas II overruling the decisions of the
However the other two will check the one wanting to exceed thus, balancing out the power and securing citizens from a dictatorship type of government. Another reason would simply be when he states, “If men were angles, no government would be necessary.” In other words since we are not angles but are men if we had power in our hands we would abuse it. Then he continues that even though the powers are shared and are equal the government should still be able to control not only the people but, themselves. This will only help protect the people’s individual rights including the minority. In the end he says that in order to have a balanced government the majority must agree on justice.
The basic principle of communism is that it depends on the government’s control of industry while Fascism is based on the pride of the society and on violence to create the ideal society through the eyes of the leader. There is a difference in the two governmental styles with regards to social structure. In a true communistic society, there are no social classes, because there is a command economy which deletes the use of a social structure. All citizens are equal and share everything. In a society where Fascism is used, there are very pronounced social classes mainly because everyone has a specific role.
McCarthy uses religous rhetoric in Bells descriptions of Chigure. By calling him a ‘prohphet of destruction’ it is Bells way of articulating something that he can not understand. Throughout the novel we come to realise that Bell infact has no religious faith. Therefore Chigurh is not a transendent force of evil, he is human and in control of his own choices. What is really being articulated is that ‘we are living in a time of change’ modern society is a society based on the freedom to choose our actions as they are no longer ordaned by a religon.
Locke thought that the government’s power was best limited by dividing it up into branches, with each branch having only as much power as is needed for its proper function. This way no one branch has too much authority. This also increased the protection and preservation of mankind’s private property. In conclusion Locke's work he explains that the concepts of government power cannot possibly be absolutely arbitrary over the lives and fortunes of the people. He also states that it was the joint power of every member of the society.
The Declaration of Independence has many ideals stated in it. The United States is a democratic republic and a model for many countries but the United States has not lived up to its ideals in the Declaration of Independence. In the Declaration of Independence it states that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” meaning that it doesn’t matter what your race is or what you look like, your rights can’t be taken away. “The rich and the poor are not so far removed from each other,” meaning that either if you are rich or poor, you aren’t going to be treated any different just because of how much money you have or don’t have. In the Declaration of Independence, it states that, “all men are created equal,” which means that it doesn’t matter what race you are, you are not to be treated any different than anyone else.
The biggest difference between communism and democracy lies in their economic systems . In the system of communism production and distribution of goods and resources is completely controlled by the government and is shared by the society equally. It is not so in case of democracy where these things can be owned by individual citizens. Community has the main control over resources and goods to prohibit the rise of a single person or group over the others. Democracy allows for free enterprise and accordingly the economic status of people may vary in a country from very rich to poor.
The strongest form of power is through force or coercion, whilst the weakest is through influential power. Although David Cameron may be referred to as a powerful person, he does not however have the authority to do as he wishes. An example of this would be that the prime minister cannot pass legislation just because he wants it. Power within politics can be lead by different leadership styles, either being a case of autocratic ruling or democratic leadership. What is authority?