Post AydTSbysn3sHkACMrI by XauriEL@mastodon.nz
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(DIR) Post #AydTSWR1PWomXhJksy by XauriEL@mastodon.nz
2025-09-27T05:37:58Z
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Governmental Systems ExplainedMonarchy: One person has all the power, but of course this is impossible so mainly their ministers and bureaucracy have the power. However, they make all the *big* decisions. They typically rule for life and inherit the position from a parent or other relative. Hope they're not crazy!Aristocracy: A small number of people have a massive amount of power, usually inherited through a family line. How did they get so much power? Usually by being good at killing and/or stealing. They tend to make up stories painting themselves as inherently better than everyone else and thus destined to ruleDemocracy: Power is shared by all of the people equally. They usually exercise this power by voting for things, so people who can convince them to vote for things are the ones with the *real* power. Civic officials may or may not be chosen by random lotteryRepublic: The people hold elections to designate representatives who then hold power and make policy decisions on their behalf. This has the advantage of allowing the average citizen to not be too concerned about politics, and the disadvantage of allowing the average citizen to not be too concerned about politicsDictatorship: Whoever can force others to do their bidding has the power. Kind of like monarchy, but less stable without a justifying myth like the Divine Right of Kings; if it's nakedly obvious that force is the only determinant of power, people start getting ideas real quickConstitutional Monarchy: There's a monarch, but they have no power and nobody quite knows why they're still there. Tourism seems to be the major justificationTheocracy: Those who know the divine will are the ones with the power. How do they know the divine will? Part of it is written down in ancient books, part of it is creative interpretation of those ancient books, and part of it is "divinely inspired", ie. made up. How do we know they know the divine will? Usually because they wear an impressive hat
(DIR) Post #AydTSXt40kqL2xRfEW by cy@fedicy.us.to
2025-09-27T15:32:12Z
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Monarchy: a dictatorship with pretty robesAristocracy: a dictatorship with a college full of pretentious toadiesDemocracy: a dictatorship with the dictator's head up on a pike, so not a dictatorshipRepublic: a democracy, except you only get to vote on who rules youDictatorship: a dictatorshipConstitutional Monarchy: a republicTheocracy: a dictatorship with pretty robes and a church full of pretentious toadies
(DIR) Post #AydTSbysn3sHkACMrI by XauriEL@mastodon.nz
2025-09-27T05:45:48Z
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Meritocracy: Those who are best qualified are the ones who have the power. How do we know that they're the best qualified? Generally it's because they fulfill criteria that were decided on by the ones who already have power. This is an extremely fair system that cannot possibly produce bad resultsTechnocracy: Experts on the creation of effective policy are the ones who have the power. This is generally intensely unpopular because nobody likes a know-it-allOligarchy: The people with the most money are the ones who have the power. Most other forms of government are a special case of thisKleptocracy: The people in power took it purely for the purpose of enriching themselves and their families and cronies. See aboveKakistocracy: The worst-qualified people are the ones who have the power. See aboveAnarchy: Nobody has more power than any other person. This is either a perfect utopia or lawless chaos depending on who you ask