The Wall That Separates Democracy and Autocracy is Thin and Flimsy

A government may be constitutional, but not				communication and weapons of destruction. Total
democratic. Authoritarian government is				subjection of the individual to the purpose of the
democratic but non-constitutional, sometimes also				party and the state, characterized the nature and
referred to as "simple unchecked democracy."				existence of the system.
Absolute democracy has been extremely				Time and again, more authoritarian forms of
precarious and cannot survive in the modern era.				government will come and fail. However those
Such kind of regime has rapidly failed resulting to				that endure the test of times with patterns
chaos, civil wars, widespread lawlessness and				toward narrowing the gap between the rich and
violence. Absolute democracy has been buried into				the poor, then and only then that there is true
oblivion now that diverse authoritarian fills have				democracy.
been consented.				A government may be democratic but where
Democracy exists where the principal leaders of a				there is corruption, injustices, and poverty is not
political system are selected by competitive				democratic at all. In form, maybe it is, as there is
elections in which the bulk of the population has				the existence of competitive election, but in
the opportunity to participate. Democracy				reality, it is autocracy.
however, must not be defined in terms of				Autocracy may be democratic as when the
election alone, neither it be bounded on election				leaders are genuinely committed to their avowed
that must be contested in order to be				objectives indicative of the democratic character
democratic.				of a regime in whatever form it may be. A
Authoritarian regimes have become generic,				narrowing of the gap between the rich and the
where there is no contested election or in the				poor is identified as the most authentic indicator
absence of pluralistic democracy, all other political				of the democratic character of a regime.
systems are authoritarian.				A true democracy is one in which the working
The existence of authoritarian ideology is not				men are assured of their right to work and know
without justification. It is believed that				that nobody can kick them out into the gutter to
authoritarianism exists as an indictment of				starve to death! Indeed, it is not the form of
democracy, the alleged incompetence of				government that matters; what counts is the
democracy and the average man. Authoritarianism				essence of its existence.
filled in society where democracy is not unfeigned,				Whether it is democracy, dictatorship, fascism,
where there is inequality and poverty.				totalitarianism, it is always the leaders of the
In a modern day autocracy, the state is				country that determine policy of a state and it is
governed by a leader of a political party or a				always a simple matter to drag the people along.
dictator. Iraq formerly under Saddam Hussein,				The people can always be brought to the
Italy under Mussolini, Syria under Hafez al-Assad				conjuring of the leaders. It operates the same
and Korea under Kim IL Sung are other				way in any form of government. Clearly, the wall
totalitarian governments.				that separates democracy and autocracy is thin
Under this system, the economy is centrally				and flimsy.
controlled by the dictator, including mass