Template:Government
Government is presently defined as the governing body of a nation, state, or community.
- "an agency of the federal government"
- the system by which a nation, state, or community is governed.
- "a secular, pluralistic, democratic government"
- the action or manner of controlling or regulating a nation, organization, or people.
- "rules for the government of the infirmary"
- the group of people in office at a particular time; administration.
It is from the Greek word kuberman which means steer. It has come to mean rule or force due to the pervasive types of Statism.
Most come about because of some form of Social contract.
While most all of them include some form of centralized power in the hands of a small group of rulers the amount of power may very as in the case of Minarchism verses Communism or Fascism.
This power, which comes in several forms, is often like the camels nose in the tent. Once some power is granted to a central government it usually leads to more and more power relinquished by the people.
A constitutional Republic often leads to Democracy and to other forms of Collectivism and then Socialism which leads to Communism. A religious dependence on Altruism by the diligent Anarchist may produce a Viable republic or at least a Republican form of government functioning according to the Perfect law of liberty which was The Way to set society free.
But there are many forms of government.
Government types
| Types of governments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rights | Leaders | ||||
| Type | Choice | labor | Property | Rulers | Titular |
| Anarchy [1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Capitalism[2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Communism[3] | Some | Some | Some | Yes | No |
| Democracy[4] | Some | Some | Some | Yes | No |
| Fascism[5] | Some | Some | Some | Yes | No |
| Republic[6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Socialism [7] | Some | Some | Some | Yes | No |
| Statism[8] | Some | Some | Some | Yes | No |
We find the word kubernesis[9] translated government in 1 Corinthians 12:28 "And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues."
Christ appointed a government that was not to exercise authority one over the other. But that "one form of government" was to provide benefits for the welfare of the people through Charity or what was called Corban made possible by the Freewill offerings of the people willing to practice Pure Religion instead of the Covetous Practices of most of the people of the World.
- ↑ Anarchy is primarily from the ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarchia), which combines ἀ " without" and ἀρχή "rulers".
- ↑ Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their control and operation of their beneficial use. Not a political system
- ↑ Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
- ↑ Democracy is from Greek "δημοκρατία" meaning the "rule of the commoners".
- ↑ Fascism is an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
- ↑ Republic is “A state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens… A state or nation with a president as its titular head; distinguished from monarchy.” Webster’s New Dictionary unabridged 2nd Ed. 1965.
- ↑ Socialism is a noun defined as a "political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole."
- ↑ Statism is the belief that the state should control either economic or social policy, or both, to some degree.
- ↑ 2941 ~κυβέρνησις~ kubernesis \@koo-ber’-nay-sis\@ from kubernao (of Latin origin, to steer); n f AV-government 1; 1 1) a governing, government