People have always been and will need peace, order and prosperity. The government is responsible for this. But each country has its own idea of government and form. Whether it's a monarchy or a democracy, each form of government sooner or later undergoes changes.
While some ideas flourished and did everything possible for the good of man, others destroyed their own people, caused devastating catastrophes. Today the most popular form of government is democracy, but there are many others that you do not even know about, but which are not accepted on an official level.
1. Logocracy
This term was first used by Washington Irwin in his book "Salmagundi". Logocracy is a form of power created and governed by the word.
2. Plutocracy
Plutocracy is a form of government in which power belongs to a rich stratum of the population, directly or indirectly. This can be expressed in the influence on the governing body when making various political decisions.
3. Exilarchy
Exilarch rules not a geographical area, but a religious people. The leader is highly revered among the people, and therefore has power and controls his followers. An example of an exilarch is the Dalai Lama.
4. Technocracy
The leader of technocrats is elected to resolve any technical issues. The technocrat makes decisions based not on public opinion, but on his own personal experience.
5. Kleptocracy
Kleptocracy is the power of thieves. Kleptocrats use their people to get their own profit. Leaders are looking for any ways to assign money from the treasury.
6. Minarhism
Minarhism is one of the forms of libertarian politics. It implies limited and minimalism in the government of power at the expense of the freedom and rights of its people.
7. Demarchy
Form of government based on the choice of random rulers. Volunteers from the people participate in random selection, expressing the will of the people on their behalf. Such rulers have a short term of official duties and after a while a draw is again held, on which new rulers are elected.
8. Tallasocracy
One of the ancient forms of government. Thalassocracy means "sea power". It is enjoyed by those who are in the sea. Naturally, the power is much limited, and with the destruction of the fleet it ceases to exist.
9. Geniocracy
With this form of government, the state is run only by smart, brilliant people with high IQ, the results of which will be the basis for the opportunity to be elected leader.
10. Meritocracy
In this case, the leaders of the state must necessarily be hardworking and successful, versed in many spheres of life. They are promoted to the government, thanks to their achievements.
11. Ethnocracy
The state form of government by the people of one particular elite caste. Such a form can be formed also within the framework of democracy, when one ruling party has more privileges and voices.
12. Diarchy
Diarchy or dual power, originated in India in 1919. Such a decision divided the executive power into two ruling parties, two kings.
13. The distributed government
A power model that uses the latest IT technologies and Internet capabilities. Decisions are made not in one place and not by one person, but collectively, from people from various remote places. The essence of this form is the mobility of power and the desire to break the current bureaucratic system.
14. Ochlocracy
Okhlokratiya - the power of the crowd, dictated by anger, prejudice, violence through all sorts of riots and revolutions.
15. Futharchy
The board, proposed by Robin Hanson, is based on values. The slogan is: "Vote for values, but put your convictions above everything." People vote for what will be good specifically for them and the country, not for politics.
16. Timokratiya
A similar term can be found in the works of Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon. The term implies the power of a minority - a simple soldier or warrior with a high property qualification, which acts for the good of the people.
17. Netocracy
For such a power acted Alexander Bard. World netocracy, controlled by an "intelligent" interactive network. Having control over the network, one can gain power and control the government and the people.
18. Liquid democracy
Democratic control, when the people send delegates to make decisions. The so-called "people's control" within the existing democracy.
19. Noocracy
For the first time, presented by Tailhard de Chardin, noocracy is a form of government of the future, in which the world is governed by biological and artificial intelligence, the so-called "government brain". The main source of power distribution is the Internet.
20. Ergatocracy
Similar in some respects to the idea of communism, the ergatocracy presupposes the rule of the working class.
21. Distributism
Unlike communism, where wealth goes directly to the treasury and capitalism, where wealth goes into the hands of the oligarchs, distributism involves the transfer of wealth into the hands of all people to achieve their own goals.
22. The Stratocracy
Stratocracy - the full power of the military. Unlike the military dictatorship, where the government is not regulated by law, in the stratocracy the power of the military government is fully supported by legislation.
23. Electocracy
A little different form of democracy. Allows people to vote for the government, but does not give them the right to vote in making political decisions.
24. Theocracy
A government governed by God through the priesthood. This term was coined by the Jewish historian Flavius Joseph in an attempt to explain the principle of the Jewish political system to other peoples.
25. Anarcho-capitalism
Such a form of government advocates the abolition of the state and a completely free market. His followers are confident that the economy will be able to regulate itself without outside help and government intervention.
Each of these forms of government has the right to exist, and with each one you can both agree and argue. And yet, the best form of government is that in which there is no war, there is order and prosperity in the country, there is no inequality.