Pros And Cons Of Democracy Tocqueville

Summary The three branches of government should be independent No branch should have power over selecting who makes up the other two branches However, the citizens cannot practically elect individuals for every office for example, the people may not be able to distinguish what makes a good judge (for judicial branch). the government has to be able to govern itself, meaning since men can be greedy, there must be constitutional walls that prevent one branch from becoming too powerful

After proclaiming independence from Great Britain, the United States needed an established document to help unify the thirteen colonies. The Articles of confederation being the first “constitution” was created to get individual states to come together as one. SerDaniella Herrera Page 1 3/8/18ving as a rough draft, this document was a loose outline for the federal government, which was meant to promote economic growth and help the people. The weak document led to the eventual ratification, which allowed the nation to adopt the new and improved constitution. The Articles of Confederation brought issues with trade, State Representation, and taxation that provoked the eventual ratification, allowing for the Constitution to take its place.

For example, if the president had all the power over everyone they would be able to do whatever they want and make laws that maybe no one agrees with. Next, if the power is divided and shared between people, then there will be a strong central government. John Madison presented this idea. When there is a strong central government then it means that the government would have a strong middle, which can guard against tyranny because it keeps the government successful and strong.

According to Document 2, the Constitution was not secure enough. The Constitution did not have restrictions put in place in order to prevent a political office from ruling for life. The possibilities of the U.S. government transforming into a monarchy were too high, making it ideal to not ratify the Constitution. Furthermore, the Constitution posed a threat to those less wealthy. Document 5 expressed the concerns of the people, stating, “These lawyers and men of learning, and monied men … make us poor illiterate people swallow down the pill”.

Self-government means the Mayflower Compact it show democris as they would always agree on the laws and rules. this means that the people or in that time free white men would vote on dicins and leaters. so ery thing would be fair for them. because they moved to get away from britain and its strict rules and strict unfair leader.

Although this is very unlike as mentioned, most people of America are too worried about self gain and self interest, and the facade of society places a biased view on anything linked to communism. Too many immediately reject any idea of communism. It can be seen that not significant work was done in the world in “Anthem” and that extreme forms of communism are likely to fail, but a less extreme form like socialism could possibly save the world from corruption, and could bring the world back together as

This excerpt is giving a sturdy explanation on the topic of tyranny,and how it gave us a clarification on how tyranny is being stopped by overpowering the king. Critics also argued that the king or queen could create laws that applied to only some people and not others, and that unelected officials could make decisions that negatively affected citizens. The people were exhausted and started to realize that they wanted to overthrow the king themselves. Critics of the monarch read and discussed what tyranny meant in order to argue for their notion of the rule of law.

The founders of the United States did their best to create a government that would not allow erroneous decisions to greatly harm the nation. They set a percent of presidents being politically sound and well-known; their beliefs for how the nation should be handled were essential to their campaign. President Andrew Jackson, however, did not follow this system, instead winning primarily by his personality and popularity amongst the common American. While his actions in office often appeared to be for the people, most had a hidden selfish side to them that he easily covered up. With the election of 1828, Jackson radically changed American politics, focusing them more on public appearance and personal character than on intelligence and political views, making personality just as, if not more important than the actual politics of a political term.

I quite enjoyed their writings even though closely tied to ideas about government which I never thought would fascinate me. I realized that I am reading about the birth history of the nation. Countless astonishing ideas about what a free country should look like, but definitely a need for a government to lead its people who are not always suited to make vital decisions as a group without a leader. I would like to defend that sentence by saying that I am not questioning the ability of individuals to make smart decisions, but what I mean is that not all people are suited or strive to fulfill government positions. Therefore, voting for representatives is a significant decision an individual makes by electing an excellent government which in return allows said individual to fulfill their own calling in a free country full of nurturing

Understanding different views will eliminate problems as a whole. For example, the United States is known for the rights and voice they give their citizens, especially in their government. Citizens can even protest what they disagree with. North Korea has a totalitarian government where their people do not have input.

A popular hypothesis of why the media outlets choose to focus on the president over the legislative and judicial branch is because it is easier to blame a single person rather than a group of people. History has shown us, that when times are hard we like to have a single person to point at for blame. Unfortunately the amount of hatred a presidency receives is not always representative of his or her performance. Though it should not be used as an excuse, some aspects of a president’s performance are beyond their personal

Even though George Washington made it a big point in his farewell address, about how political parties would cause problems, the beliefs about how our young new country should have been ran was very broad and different and so it was inevitable that the different parties would form. While the Federalists believed that the highly educated businessmen should represent the people and run the government, the Democrat-Republicans thought a very different opinion, that the country should use its citizens to make decisions about the nation 's government and to have equal