I went on Wikipedia and looked up 'list of forms of government'. These are listed by political FRANCHISE. Vote on what YOU believe the best is.
I like anarchy the best, but only in its truest form, which is never shown. Therefore, that slights me to believe in a republic as the best form of government.

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Anarchy huh... Another Libertarian ? I've never lived under an oligarchy or an autocracy so I'm gonna go with a Republic. Just out of pure ignorance.


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Difficult to say. The choice is between anarchism and democracy.

It's not known if humanity can function without the profit motive. The profit motive is humanity's greatest strength and one of its greatest problems. If you go with anarchism you get the benefits of a redistribution of wealth on a more fair basis, but society may fail to be as productive due to the loss of the profit motive.

I guess I would say democratic socialism (like the governments in Europe) is the best.

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Cuban Democracy

In Cuba, don't they throw people who disagree with the government in jail?

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I voted (Democratic) Republic, as it is the only style of Government I've ever lived under and the only one I can truly vouch for. I agree with W.E.B. almost on the dot about Anarchism, though. While it is arguably the best idea, I think the lack of motive would be the achilles heel in an anarchist environment.

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i dont think anarchy is posible. people always strive for order

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I considered Republicanism, but it's designed for very small states, such as Italian city-states, and with modern populations I don't think it's really possible. So I went for Democracy in the end.

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Just to cause a riot, I went with oligarchy. Why? I'll tell you why, in my opinion the accumulation of wealth by the individual proves a drive to succeed, the ability to succeed, the ability to lead others and the ability to manage and grow enormous amounts of money. Kings can be weak, or strong and succession is always tenuous, a weak prince can take a state down into the gutter and a democracy is as the supporter of oligarchy says, mob rule.
A republic ruled by an oligarchy of the wealthiest most influential people of its time ruled Rome and grew it into an Empire that ruled almost the entire known world (remember they thought the earth was flat and ended off the coast of England and China) for over 700 years. Think on this.

This is a summary of a discussion between three people at Susa (Persia) at the time when Athens was working out its democracy. Herodotus put words in their mouths obviously he didn't hear the conversation, nor is there any proof of it ever having happened but it is interesting:

If you want to read the entire text go to:

Herodotus - Debate on Democracy vs Other Forms of Government in the Histories of Herodotus

The problem is that if you give the rich all the power, they will then use not only their own skill but the laws of the state to maintain their own riches at the expense of everyone else, and pass along their riches to their children. Later people will not be able to make much money.

Is that really a good thing?

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