Certainly, a substantial amount of wealth in this type of system would grant any successful capitalist the ability to afford to pay lobbyists to leverage their government for their own gain. In such a system wealth would even allow a successful capitalist to run for office so that they could influence government directly and possibly even for their own gain. ... This, however, is not a problem for China given that the autocracy that rules their nation does not guarantee any equality at all. ... The authors draw strong comparisons between China and the USSR noting that it too was once an emergi...

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As such this essay will discuss different subsets of legitimacy judging whether they are mutually exclusive or complementary whilst avoiding the conflation of 'more legitimacy' with 'better government'. ... Whichever way the situation is examined, it is always examined through the prism of a mind which has grown up and been socialised into thinking that their system of government is the best. ... Following on from the previous acknowledgement that those in our society have been socialised into considering democracy the best form of government for our society, we can state...

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