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unlimited government

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  • no restraint on government, power can be abused
  • oligarchy: a system of government in which a small group holds power (militarily)
  • socialism: economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production, distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as health care and welfare
  • communism: central government directs all major economic decisions
  • autocracy: government where power authority to rule are in the hands of a single individual
  • totalitarian (dictatorship): the ideas of a single leader are gloried; government seeks to control all aspects of social and economic life
  • monarchies: a king, queen or emperor exercise supreme powers of government
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limited government

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  • government cannot act without people’s say
  • democracies: government in which the people rule
  • republic - government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise power
  • constitutional government: the powers of the person or group in charge are limited by a constitution
  • capitalism: laissez-faire economic system which means the government does not interfere with production and selling of goods

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