Understanding the American Government
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What is to role of the American Government in human society? Whether the government is a dictatorship, monarchy or democracy, all these have one thing in common and that is to rule the citizens under its power as established. Any government will fight to preserve its power from both foreign and domestic enemies. Based on all wants and needs of the government and the people associated with the government, laws are established to tax the people and develop both a working force and military for the society and to establish penalties for any that would violate the laws and rebel against the government.
Government is a form of leadership based on a society in which a person or a group of people act in behalf of those that placed them in a position of leadership. Whether it's a birth-right, family position, an election, or a nomination these people are the leaders of their country; in some cases feared and in others respected.
The simplest form of government can be found in our own homes, our family. In one's family there is the head of the family, in most instances the head is one of the family members who has: sound knowledge and wisdom about most matters affecting the family. The family head judges and balances what the family members want and need based on the resources of the family and what the family is capable of. The head of the family acts for the well being of the family...