What happens when too much power is given to one individual? Autocracy slowly and gradually creeps in.
Power should belong to the people as it is the people that is being governed. It is the people who elects principal officials into sensitive positions that can affect either positively or negatively. And that is why power isn't held by an individual. Russia may be considered as running a democracy cause they hold elections in which the people appear to have a say in who governs them but the actions of the present government tends to say otherwise. Laws are being put in place to silence and tighten the grip the government has on the general populace. The news media is heavily censored and citizens cannot have accurate news but propaganda that the government spreads in order to deceive the people.
Too much power shouldn't be in one individuals hand cause most likely, there would be misuse of that power.
Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely
kingdoms where much more than that, and they provided stability over centuries (british kingdom)
while heuristic driven democracies and yes also autocracies, where preventing financial stability and therefore economic prosperity.
the us democracy is much more expensive to run than if it would be run from London through royaly appointed governeurs, but it is not about that its about what god/gods/divinity/heaven allows.
republics and democracies have appeal to participate in it, but they also can be very wasteful like we will see on the US democracy,
also over time the democracy gets corrupt, like the US democracy which now has literally a one party rule that threats its tax payers as criminals and seeks to kill them with crime and racism.
US democracy will collapse, wokism is an insane ideology and will only emberass and destroy itself.
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