Totalitarian Advantages

- makes decisions quickly- Napoleonic ideals of “Order, Efficiency and Security”

Disadvantages- sacrificing of civil natural rights (no big deal!)- no representation / elected officials- minorities have no protection- mass censorship- everything is “state-operated”- no lab or unions or strikes usually

Democratic Advantages

- elections / representation in politics- natural rights protected- freedom of speech and right to political dissent (massive)- governed by “the general will of the people”

Disadvantages- should majority rules always rule?- can making decisions slower be an advantage?

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Thoughts to Chew On:

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olitical Spectrums: Individual Rights vs. Community Rights

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Radical Thoughts?