POL 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kim Jong-Un, Representative Democracy, Direct Democracy
15 Nov 2016
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Faction: a group of individuals acting against the will of a juror. How do we avoid problems with faction: have a large representative democracy. Needed to create/ enforce rules that protect life and property. Often defined by the total number of people in power: single leader. Used to be put in power through heredity/ god. Now comes from intimidation and force (kim jong. Dangerous because it allows 1 person to act entirely out of self-satisfying. Absolute power corrupts absolutely : government of the some/ few. Used to be instituted due to aristocracy. Now referred to as oligarchy (still elitist but comes from some group communist party affiliation, etc. : government of the all democracy. The us is too big to function in this way. Individuals elect officials and government institutions to create policies 500,000+ elected officials (approx. Vote = central way to control elected officials keep out corruption. Popular sovereignty (the people rule: active and enlightened participation.
