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  • What is the ideal Government?
    Just as a side note, does anyone here believe that Communism is a good ideology?
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    Globalism gives more power to the corporations and less to the people and their governments, completely overturning the meaning and purpose of democracy itself, and the hundreds of years people have fought for it, in just a few decades.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Wayfarer

    I think you contradicted yourself there:

    First you said
    democracy is the least worst option — Wayfarer
    Then you said
    Democracy is not really a form of government — Wayfarer

    First you say democracy is the least worst form of government, now your saying that it isn't a government at all but a framework. Why did you contradict yourself.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Slobodan Milošević


    republics use democracy to elect positions, ruled by the people, democratically — Slobodan Milošević
    But that still makes a republic different to a democracy. A republic uses democratic ideas just as Communism uses fascist ideas yet you would not compare Communism to Fascism.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Wayfarer


    'ideal government' — Wayfarer
    Also, I have already stated that there is no ideal government in my question, I want to know what the best government is.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Wayfarer


    As Churchill observed after WWII, democracy is the least worst option, because at least the citizenry have some say — Wayfarer
    Fair point, however the majority could go against a minority in what is called the tyranny of the mob, and the minority have no say in their fate. How can we stop this from happening?

    I would argue a republic is better than a democracy as a republic has checks in place to protect the individual citizen's rights.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Tāmati wāka nene

    I shall, a right is something that a person is entitled to no matter what.
    A right is not only meant to protect them but also give them a decent standard of living.
    A right is also supposed to restrict people from taking certain actions.
    The state must make sure these rights are upholded.

    An example of an undeniably important right is the right to life, or the right not to be murdered.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava

    Sure thing. Hope to talk to you soon.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava

    Of course it is a conversation but before we can proceed we need a definition.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava

    As i recall, I'm the one asking the questions
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava


    Laws typical protect freedoms, rights — Cavacava

    Define a right.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪VagabondSpectre


    I'll give you an example, what is the best government for the U.S.A?
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava


    All democracies are constituted by laws, both traditional like English Common Laws and by laws that have been constructed, by statute. Or are you now asking for the purpose of laws? To my mind the laws that constitute a government circumscribe a normative morality, a sense of fairness, and not the other way around. — Cavacava

    I'm not asking you to define laws, I'm asking you to give examples of laws.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava


    But what kind of laws are you talking about, which morals would rule them? What do you consider fair?
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Slobodan Milošević


    there is many different definitions for types of governmental systems — Slobodan Milošević

    All I'm asking is which form of democracy do you think is the best and why?
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava

    ↪Slobodan Milošević


    Just give an example of the best form of democracy.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪VagabondSpectre


    I can tell you how to live a moral life (per my view at least) by giving you some basic ideas about what not to do, but I cannot give to you a set of positive actions which I think you are required to perform in order to remain moral. — VagabondSpectre

    This does not answer the original question. Everyone alsready understands that morals affect how a government is run, you do not have to tell us this. What I am asking is which morals should we have, which ones are the best for a good government.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Tāmati wāka nene


    I agree, but what morals should govern the restrictions we create and the things we make legal and liberal.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Cavacava


    Some form of democracy, which is ruled by laws, and is just and legitimate — Cavacava

    What do you mean by democracy. Democracy just means the right to vote but there are many different forms of democracy, please specify.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪VagabondSpectre


    morally opposed? — VagabondSpectre
    Yes morally opposed, and also opposed due to the oppression of that "tyrant".

    Run by, no. Constrained by, yes. — VagabondSpectre
    Aren't they the same thing, you cannot run something without having restrictions, unless we are talking about anarchy. A government and the way it is run is defined by it's restrictions and the ways it applies it.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪Posty McPostface


    But is it efficient if people are opposed to that government, eg. Fascism.
  • What is the ideal Government?
    ↪VagabondSpectre


    Should a government be run by morals?
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