God and Country 19 What Type of Government do You Want

The first type of government is a Democratic Republic. A democratic government was tried by the Greeks centuries ago but it didn’t work. It is hard to get a majority of the voters to agree on anything. In such a case it is easy to debate to the point nothing gets accomplished. The danger in a Republic is they government can become an Oligarchy government where the wealthy control the government decisions. We are close to that now.

The second type of government we all know is Autocracy which can be defined as a state, society, or organization where one individual possesses immense power. It is not quite a Theocracy where the individual has total power, but it it close. However, one could see how a Autocracy could evolve into a Theocracy.

In either case the one person has total control of the government with the power to simply demand people to become soldiers for the army for the protection of the leaders’ realm. In a Theocracy the leader is always right and makes whatever rules that the leader deems necessary.

Another type of government we should be aware of is a government of Theocracy. This is a government where religious beliefs control the religious leader that can veto anything another government body might decide. I have nothing against representatives from the Muslim religion serving as representatives if they can take the oath of office.

Our founding fathers were very careful to set up the government so the other types of government could not sneak in and disrupt a good thing. However, they could not think of everything.

The way things are going in Washington and our state capitals I am starting to believe that a person should take the oath of office at the same time they announce running for that office.

How do we preserve out nation?

The first question we have to ask ourselves is; “What type of government do we want to leave to our children and grand children?”

The second question we have to ask is; “What can we do to ensure that the government we want stays or become what we want it to be?”