There are various types of governments in the world. The governments hold different ideologies and have different ways of electing or getting their leaders. In general, there are autocratic governments and democratic governments. This paper describes the various types of autocratic and democratic systems of government, their ideologies, and ways of getting leaders.
Fascism is a form of government with a dictator is in leadership. The dictator operates by suppressing any opposition and, therefore, thrives in intimidation, threatening, criticizing; regimenting as many economic activities as possible. The dictator usually comes into power through power inheritance. The main ideology of fascism is difficult to define. On the other hand, Nazism is the form of government that follows the Nazi ideology. The Nazi ideology involves a national socialist program with excessive racism. Most of the government operations are tied to races. The government tends to emphasis on survival for the fittest and the local cultures. The Nazi ideology uses some fascism and anti-Semitism and opposes communism. The leader is elected from among the largest and the strongest race in the region.
Communism, on the other hand is a form of government in which a single party led by an authoritarian leader controls the country. In this case, a single party controls all economic activities with the claim of working towards the greater good of the majority. Communism opposes all aspect of capitalist. Other political parties may work alongside the main party, but there are no capitalist issues are tolerated. The leader is elected by the people from among the main leaders of the leading party. Authoritarian governments are contrasted with democratic governments.
Democratic capitalism is a form of government whereby; the social, political, and economic aspects follow market trends such as demand and supply, democratic election of leaders, free markets, and a liberal cultural system. In this government, political pluralism is highly encouraged. The government is run and controlled by a leader elected by a majority (Peter Wagner, 2011). Authoritarian rules is highly opposed in a democratic capitalist country since the people use freedom in the economy as well as in electing their leaders through universal suffrage. On the other hand, democratic socialism is a form of government with a democratic ways of ruling and socialist economic approaches (“Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice,” (n.d)). The socialist ideology has it that both the government and the economic movements ought to be run in such a way that they do not benefit a few, but all the people. The leaders emphasize that their political ideals are tied to a socialistic system of the economy.
Of all these governments, the best form of government is democratic capitalist. The democratic capitalist government allows for the people to exercise their universal suffrage and elect leaders they perceive as the best. At the same time, the economy of the country is not subject to direct government control. Due to this, people can invest as much as they can as the laws of demand and supply control most of the markets. The government has a mandate to protect the interest of the people since the people choose only those leaders with their interests in their manifestos. The people get legal protection. The government tends to avoid racism and other segregations among of the citizens. Resources are distributed almost equally and, therefore there are no areas left out due to skewed leadership policies. It also leads to political maturity and tolerance leading to stability of the country.
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“Nazi Ideology”. Accessed on October 26, 2014 from http://www.nazism.net/about/nazi_ideology/
Peter Wagner(2011). The democratic crisis of capitalism: Reflections on political and economic modernity in Europe. London school of Economics and Political science. Accessed on October 26, 2014 from http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeaninstitute/leqs/leqspaper44.pdf
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. “Democratic Socialism”. Acessed on October 26, 2014 from http://www.luc.edu/faculty/dschwei/demsoc.pdf
