But ... Considering that alot of youth that are my age protest that U.S. has horrible government management, then what really is the flaw of government, if it sucks? Personally, I see some flaws, because this one rule about politics and government will always exist; government systems are never perfect. Here are several examples.
Example 1 - Let's take the Romans' government system, considered the most brilliant an ingenious political system of its day. And because of the fact that there were poor management amongst the council, and the way that laws were created was one of the main reasons that the Roman Empire had collapsed. Quote Everitt Anthony from the book, 'Cicero: the Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician', Chapter 1: 'Fault Lines', pages 10-11:
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The empire, the largest the western world had so far seen, was created more through inadvertence than design and presented Rome with a heavy and complicated administrative burden. This was partly because communications were slow and unreliable … The greatest underlying problem facing the Republic, however, lay at home in its system of governance. Rome was a state without most of the institutions needed to run a state. There was no permanent civil service except for a handful of officials at the Treasury; when politicians took office or went to govern a province they had to bring in their own people to help conduct business. The concept of the police force didn’t exist, which meant that the public spaces of the capital city were often hijacked by gangs of hooligans in the service of one interest of another. Soldiers in arms were absolutely forbidden to enter Rome, so all authorities could do was enforce law and order was to hire their own ruffians. The Republic was governed by the rule of law but did not operate a public prosecution service, and elected politicians acted as judges. Both in civil and criminal cases it was left to private individuals to bring suits ……. There were no penal system, and prisons were used for emergencies rather than for housing convicts …… The Republic became enormously rich on the spoils of the empire. So much so that from 167 BC Roman citizens in Italy no longer paid any personal taxes … All these things, in their various ways, were obstacles to effect administration. However, the constitution, which controlled the conduct of politics, was the Republic’s greatest weakness. Rome was an evolutionary society, not a revolutionary one…
Example 2 - Absolutism was considered the best way to govern the people around the time of King Louis the XIV. However, Absolutism went downhill, nonetheless. Though, the theory for it looks nice on paper. According to Thomas Hobbes, the author of 'Leviathan', says that people are naturally selfish, and therefore, one should give all their rights to a strong person, a leader. And, in exchange, the king will give the people protection. Err ... Big flaw in that. Kings are people too. Hobbes state that people are selfish. Therefore, the king maybe corrupted and won't look out for the interest of the people. So much for Divine Right as a ruler.
With those two examples in mind, these forms of government were taken into consideration by the United States' founding fathers, which eventually helped form a basis for our Democratic system (Actually our Democratic system refers to Constitutional Monarchy more, but there are flaws within that as well.) . They twisted and tweaked what was wrong about government systems in the past, and made a government for the people. All the governments in the past helped our government come to this point. Now, my questions are these:
~ Is there any flaws in our U.S. government system at all?
~ The downfall of the United States due to government system; Is it possible?
~ If the United States’ downfall occurs, predict what might happen. Will our system of government change then, or not?
Now, I command you, DISCUSS! mrgreen
