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Subject: Would you say Sweden is Authoritarian? Author: Walter [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07/15/06 7:29am In reply to: l 's message, "wiki the united fruit company, which became chiquitta banana" on 07/14/06 11:49pm I would say almost every country has an authoritarian gov't. The only exception may be the Swiss and Israelies - because their citizens are so heavily armed, they could easily overthrow their own gov't if they wanted. And their central gov't is inherently "weak", due to so many political factions. It is the very nature of gov't, no matter what kind, to seek to gain more power. And gov'ts gain power by only 2 means: 1 - Expanding the area of their control, or 2 - Expanding their control over the citizenry. The Founders wanted us to avoid the 1st, by telling us to avoid foreign entanglements and giving us a (Constitutionally) weak standing army. They wanted to help us avoid the 2nd, by stating that power came from the People ... to the states ... THEN to the federal. (See 10th Amendment) Unfortunately, administrations were able to get around the 1st restriction (prior to WWII) by using our standing Navy/Marines to "project power". They've gotten around the 2nd restriction, just by increasingly ignoring the Constitution. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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