The Federalist No. 10 In the paper The Federalist No. 10, James Madison gives his arguments for a Republic government and reasons why he is against a pure Democracy. ... To Madison, there are only two ways to control a faction: to remove its causes or to control its effects. ... I would have to agree with Madison when he claims that destroying liberty is a "cure worse then the disease itself." ... This type of a pure democracy would never be able to control factions because the majority faction would always prevail, and there would be no way to protect minority rights. ... Experience had ...

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As Jacks savage behavior increased he was then able to take authority over the boys, which then influenced the boys to become savage and accept barbarism as a way to survive on the island. ... Another reason that dictatorship was able to overtake democracy was due to the fact that there was no adult authority upon coming on the island, hence the boys embracing barbarism. ... I'm the reason why it's no go? ... One of these factors included the strong and possessive hold upon leadership in which Jack possessed, another factor was the fact that there was no adult authority upon the isla...

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However if this were indeed the best solution then what would be the point on even having these fundamental rights? ... There are few countries that can claim that every one of the people who live there have exactly the same morals and standards. ... If all the information in the media was restricted and censored then it would be no better than playing a game of telephone from China to Canada. ... The people that feel that there should be no media restriction value limited government interference, self-reliance, risk taking, self-interest, and especially personal freedom. ... If more leaders w...

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It can then be ratified by a national convention or a ¾ vote in the state legislature. ... As the Constitution advanced, still, Hamilton and Madison suggested another system in the latter called checks and balances because "If men were angels, no government would be necessary,"" as said by both Madison and Hamilton in Federalist 51. ... Both authors then pondered the question in Federalist 51; "To what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several department's as laid down in the Constitution."" ... Both aut...

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Therefore this shows that there is nothing like teaching an old dog, new tricks and human beings always act wild like animals in a state of nature where no general rules apply. ... This then shows the nature of his argument and position on the subject of democracy as he sees no good thing about it. ... He goes to rate tyranny as the firth, and argues that democracy naturally degenerates into tyranny and society becomes a total chaos in which there's no rule, no priorities and no laws. ... Nobody is able to remove a tyrant man from the power, as there's no law to be obeyed. ... He mad...

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The opposition of this reform, however, argued that these representatives were elected by the people they are representing. ... But as the government grew in size, careerists were able to dominate American political life. ... There is no need to such law in the democratic America. ... If they want to place the term limit, then the politicians have no rights to obstruct it because their own interests are threatened. ... If term limit is not enforced, then there will be no transition of power as the old government would attain it and democracy would descend to despotism or aristocracy. ...

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The opposition of this reform, however, argued that these representatives were elected by the people they are representing. ... But as the government grew in size, careerists were able to dominate American political life. ... There is no need to such law in the democratic America. ... If they want to place the term limit, then the politicians have no rights to obstruct it because their own interests are threatened. ... If term limit is not enforced, then there will be no transition of power as the old government would attain it and democracy would descend to despotism or aristocracy. ...

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Rather then just trying to use other forms of birth prevention to control the countries population and limit industrialization, they figured that a strictly enforced law will be more effective because it has to be obeyed or consequences will be dire. ... Although the "One Child Policy" really had good intentions, there were many problems that the main creators overlooked. ... But there's also positive to the "One Child Policy" with there only being one child, help builds Self-Actualization which is the 5th stage of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, because there is no...

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Since humans created this supposedly perfect government, and run it, then how can those just morals be applied? ... I interpret this pact much like the proverbial bully and the milk money fiasco were the bully hits kid for milk money and then the bully is punished but we all know the whiny kid will get his for telling on the bully. ... After World War Two had ended Turkey and Greece had fallen into an economic depression, that Britain could no longer afford to help out. ... If Communism and Democracy are so similar and one doesn't work then the other must have similar flaws. ... After bot...

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It was a movement to overcome the natural law traditions that were founded by the forefathers and progress beyond the political principles that were established. ... " He then explains that because things have changed dramatically since the founding of the United States there has to be change. ... Because of the economic advancements that were taking place, Americans could no longer enjoy the blessings and liberties that the Declaration proclaimed. ... Pragmatists realized that there were different contexts associated with rights. ... There were some contradictory involved such as not adv...

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Once the rights, "Life, Liberty and Property" are locked in then the citizens have no reason to overthrow their government. ... " His ideas that were arranged in the 18th century are now key parts in today's constitution. ... No research translating into a vote is allowed and the public is left unhappy having to break rules and cross borders. ... Hobbes also believed that there was a danger in electing a strong leader in a liberal democracy. ... Also many people under Stalin's law were unaware of the mass killing of Kulak's. ...

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However, there were also a lot of opposing points of view (Dahl, 1989). ... So, now it is possible to state that until there is no reasonable conditions for regime's replacement, democracy can lead not only to risks but also to the destruction. ... According to McFaul, et.al (2010), after the collapse of the Soviet Union there were some democratic trends but then they were substituted by autocratic changes. ... In contrast to previous examples in most Arabic states there are no any issues with welfare – almost all of them can be compared with countries where democracy operates mor...

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In the French Revolution of the late 1700's, there existed a strong economic divide between the rich and the poor. ... If there is an existed struggling and helpless public, who is discontent with its situation, and doesn't see leader as legitimate force to improve the status quo, then often (as in the case of the French Revolution) they feel as if they must take action in their own hands. ... In a brief summary, Americans desired more independence from Britain; they were opposed to the oppressive actions taken by the British, the British were uncooperative, so the Americans revolted...

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Nonetheless there had never been very much popular support for the Weimar government. ... Political problems created economic problems, and then economic problems created social problems, which fuelled political problems by supporting parties which, were against the Weimer Republic. ... The Weimer constitution was yet another problem the republic faced there were so many parties that no one single party got a majority ands under the constitution a coalition of parties to govern had to be formed and this made the government weak because problems could not be solved in times of crisis due to dis...

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It will also be able to prove that there are far more benefits from a smooth and fast and transition, rather then a country that seems slow and unwilling to move on to a more prosperous way of living. There is, it appears to be no single "democratic- constitution, (Robert. ... He believes that without these, no state can fully call themselves democratic'. ... The difficulties that post-communist states had to face when they began the transition to democracy were innumerable, among the main ones, their problems included: there was little civil society in the countries- the democratis...

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However the electoral system is not without its imperfections, otherwise reformation would not be an issue., there remains to be the following inadequacies with the system; there is no individual. ... So how then could the voting system be significantly improved? ... Although people may have qualms about the justice of the electoral system, there is no danger of one party having absolute power entirely. ... There is no better system than democracy, but with every right to voice your opinions, there is a risk of confrontation, politics is required to make sure each confrontation ends with a r...

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Constitution were created. ... Both these concepts go hand and hand with one another: if there is more social justice then there is more democracy and vice-versa. ... In Robert Nozick's book titled, Anarchy, State and Utopia, he states that, "individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating their rights" (2). ... This idea also follows the ideas of Adam Smith and John Locke, who believe in free marketplace and as long as there is this freedom there is justice. ... But it is no less true that these kinds of exclusions were always...

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There are 51 participating countries currently in the United Nations. ... North Korea continued to cross the border and attack the north that no compromise could be made. ... The factor that supports the theory of democratic peace by saying that the voters are taken into consideration when determining whether or not to go to war, and if the president does so against there request then he is to blame in the end. While the Vietnam War was taking place, there were several protests going on in the United States. ... If all countries were democratic and under similar governing styles there would be...

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There are those, Charles Beard for example, who oppose Madison's, as well as all of the Fathers of the Constitution's, opinions and claim that they were motivated by self-interests, rather than the welfare of the people when creating the Constitution. ... Although there would be abundant factions in a large nation, they would be feeble compared to those in small democracies. ... Madison states, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ... I feel that he has no real basis to his conclusions. ... He allows the reader to take in the information and then make a calculat...

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According to Frymer, the group that is mostly casted out of the voting system was African Americans who were, by then, fighting for their voting right and civil rights. ... "When the Republican party, believed it needed electoral votes in the South to maintain power nationally, party leaders focused on promoting policies disadvantageous to black interests" (Frymer 1999;52) This quote is quite compelling towards both Frymer's and Bishin's theory because of the fact that minorities are disregarded due to the fact that they were believed to take no greater effect on political ...

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Even in US, there's an infinitive struggle for power between democrats and republicans. ... Another point that could be brought is that no matter how good the system is, people who live under will never like 100% of it. ... An interesting point is that Stalin thought that social democracy and fascism were twins. ... That's why there couldn't be any united fronts with capitalist countries, although many intelligent people clearly saw absurdous ideas and principles in such theories. Those who tried to speak up, were threatened accordingly; most famous was Trotsky. ...

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Architecture was no exception. ... The Casino Victoria was converted from a stately mansion to a casino during the 1940's and then to a government building during the cold war, but in the early 1990's the mansion was once again transformed into a upper-class house of ill-repute. ... The buildings were all constructed out of white stone and/or cement and the roofs and large windows of the structures were adorned with columns making the built up communist areas look like a modern Rome. ... The government was no longer oppressing religion, freedom of speech and artistic expression...

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It might have been a good idea at the time, but as time goes on we start to see that people now a days just do not have enough time or will power to know every little thing that is happening with the government; giving them so many options ultimately led to the decrease of participation in elections; the exact opposite of what the makers of the Texas constitution were aiming for. ... Many people feel like Texas is just a state where one party has always represented them and think that since it has been like this for such a long time then their voices would not make a big enough difference to ...

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It might have been a good idea at the time, but as time goes on we start to see that people now a days just do not have enough time or will power to know every little thing that is happening with the government; giving them so many options ultimately led to the decrease of participation in elections; the exact opposite of what the makers of the Texas constitution were aiming for. ... Many people feel like Texas is just a state where one party has always represented them and think that since it has been like this for such a long time then their voices would not make a big enough difference to ...

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I also think democracy must encompass all people, and there should be no prejudices or restrictions against people in a democratic nation. ... In the struggle for equality many new amendments were added to the Constitution which leveled the playing field for Americans. During the civil rights era, African-Americans as well as women were given the right to vote. ... There have been 27 amendments since the Constitution was ratified. To get an amendment passed it must go through a very democratic process; it must pass through both Houses and be approved by the President, and then i...

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