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  2. Tyranny of the majority - Wikipedia

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    Advocate: Let's take up the first. The issue is sometimes presented as a paradox. If a majority is not entitled to do so, then it is thereby deprived of its rights; but if a majority is entitled to do so, then it can deprive the minority of its rights. The paradox is supposed to show that no solution can be both democratic and just.

  3. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).

  4. Noocracy - Wikipedia

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    Proponents of noocratic theory cite evidence that suggests voters in modern democracies are largely ignorant, misinformed and irrational. [4] Therefore, one person one vote mechanism proposed by democracy cannot be used to produce efficient policy outcomes, for which the transfer of power to a smaller, informed and rational group would be more appropriate.

  5. Nation state - Wikipedia

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    German nationality law defined "German" based on German ancestry, excluding all non-Germans from the people. [29] In recent years, a nation-state's claim to absolute sovereignty within its borders has been criticized. [25] A global political system based on international agreements and supra-national blocs characterized the post-war era.

  6. 14 states sue DOGE, blasting Musk's 'unprecedented ... - AOL

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    White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has repeatedly said Musk is "complying with all applicable federal laws." 14 states sue DOGE, blasting Musk's 'unprecedented' power as unconstitutional ...

  7. Authoritarianism - Wikipedia

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    An Autocracy is a state/government in which one person possesses "unlimited power". A Totalitarian state is "based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (such as censorship and terrorism)".

  8. Totalitarianism - Wikipedia

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    Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition from political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and completely controls the public sphere and the private sphere of society.

  9. These 10 companies control everything you buy

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    A Mediterranean food chain that people are obsessed with is about to take over America — here's what it's like SEE ALSO: These 10 companies control almost everything you eat and drink Show comments