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government - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Characteristics:has a religious leader/ god-like figure
- - - - One ruler
      - Comes to power through heredity
    - - Non partisan leadership
      - Generally peaceful and stable
    - - Leaders are not voted on
      - The people don't have much of a voice
    - - Great Britain is an example of a Monarchy
  - - - The Soviet Union was a real world example of a dictatorship.
    - - One ruler
      - Is elected and refuses to leave or takes over a weak country
      - Often stems from a weakened country looking to be saved
    - - It is a dictatorship but I guess on the off chance you get a nice dictator, you don't have to make many decisions
    - - Dictators generally get corrupted by power
      - Often leads to war
- - - - Decisions made by elected representatives
      - Representatives serve set terms
      - Representatives meet to vote on laws and other important decisions
      - Checks and balances/three branches of government
        
        Legislative (congress, comprised of House of Representatives and Senate. Makes laws
        
        Judicial (Supreme Court and other courts). Evaluates laws
        
        Executive (president, vice president, cabinet, and most federal agencies). Carries out laws
    - - Prevents mob rule
      - Just because people agree on it doesn't make it right, representatives there to take the opinions of the people and mke adjustments
    - - Opinions don't come straight from the people, they come from representatives elected by people
      - Some representatives may lie in order to get elected, and then do things their voters wouldn't want them to do
    - - The United States of America is an example of a representative democracy
  - - - People vote on laws/decisions
      - Can morph into mob rule (people agree on things that are morally wrong)
    - - Opinions come directly from the people
      - Eliminates the "middle man"
    - - Can turn into mob rule
      - Just because people agree on something, doesn't make it right
    - - Switzerland is an example of a direct democracy