Although Athens was a great state as well, its government quickly became corrupted therefore becoming vulnerable for conquest by other republics or principalities. ... However, with time the kings of Rome became corrupt since other forms of government were not incorporated into it. ... This also became corrupt when the originators of the new regime were replaced with new inexperienced rulers. ... Skinner goes onto say: "They all perceived that the three "pure" constitutional forms- monarchy, aristocracy, democracy- are inherently unstable, and tend to generate a cycle of corruption and dec...

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In the Clouds, Aristophanes depicts the thinkery as place where the youth is misled and corrupted by Socrates' form of education. ... By eliminating choice and offering a narrow structured path to follow, citizens are force to assimilate to the Athenian way. ... Aristophanes stands against the "thinkery" or school of philosophy (London Athenian Society, 3), he believes it is dangerous and corrupting morals (London Athenian Society, 4). ... I believe being selfish and ignorant corrupts people. ...

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Similarly, Conlon covers the healthcare system as being purely voluntary, based upon the needs of the community, and without profit motivations, suppressing the chance of the corruption of today's privatized American system and not forcing an institution that the people do not wish for upon them. Though they differ in technical manners, all of these forms of anarchical structure embrace direct democracy as the chief overseer within an egalitarian framework, effectively disabling the lust for power from corrupting and stopping the most vicious from rising to the top. ... Power oppresses a...

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In pressure groups, it is clear how their members can corrupt government officials, using numerous techniques to pressure them into meeting their particular interest groups wants opposed to the parties beliefs to stay in office. "The ethical problem is that most people view the involvement of money in the system as inherently corrupt. ... The advantage certain interest groups are able to have over another by out-contributing them or having more money is completely undemocratic and corrupt. Further, another issue with pressure groups is their ability to force candidates to support an is...

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Finally, it will be concluded with the idea that democracy cannot be imposed or adopted by force, it has to take centuries to achieve it in a proper form and today not all countries could afford it. ... This helps to build trust between citizens, encourages them to comply with the existing rules and justifies the use of force to protect these rights. ... Reasons for that are predictable and they were mentioned above – lack of strong middle class, individual's freedom, relatively poor economy based on resource consumption, corruptive character of state apparatus, people's ignor...

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One of the main point in this book, which is really modern and to some extent anticipates the Marxist doctrine, is that Rousseau thinks that is not human beings to be corrupted but the society itself which consequently affects the human behavior (Held:2006, 44). In Rousseau's state of nature men are free and equal, the civilization is what made them corrupted. ... "The problem is to find a form of association which will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and...

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Corruption pervades the Mexican political system and is most conspicuous at lower level of Government, particularly among the police force. Because officers are only paid what the corrupted government of Mexico can afford, they have a higher incentive to accept bribes. ... Further, it is inevitable that a portion of that money in the first payoff transaction will only end up being redistributed into other corrupt governmental sector's over and over again. ...

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This reminds me of a police state where the state exercises a rigid oppressive control over the social life by means of a military or police force. ... Their greediness corrupts the government and the mistreatment of the animals will in turn, I believe, lead to the downfall of Animal Farm. ... Both regimes were corrupt. ...

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These characteristics are disheartening, to say the least, not only in that it is unfair to force the people of this country to live in these circumstances, but also in that these traits are the opposite of those necessary for a democratic society to prevail. ... This change to the oil market along with the broadening of the rest of the economy would give the Iraqi nation the financial strength needed to sustain most democratic governments, without allowing said government to become corrupt as a result of wealth. ...

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