Who might be more likely to conform in a bureaucracy, those with power or those wanting more power?
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As to your first question- those wanting more power or status are more likely to conform. Thosse with power don't conform, they use their power to change the laws/ ways to suit their needs.\n\nFor number two: I'd say based on merit. Affirmative action can cause "reverse discrimination" where you have the possibility of having less-meritorious workers.
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In terms of power it is easily the US.  \n\nAs for who follows who it rather depends if we are talking historically, musically, fashion?\n\nIs there a particular aspect you are concerned about?
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In that situation there would be a group of leaders.  No one person should have that power in a utopian society.
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Actually, I think all politicians have way too much power.  In the case of the president, the problem is that he presides over a vast entrenched bureaucracy that cannot change very quickly, and still less when it is asked to down-size.  So it's not so much the president's power that has grown directly, but his authority to increase bureaucracy, which grows like mushrooms after a rain.
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It depends.  Some things need to be done but people won't let it happen.  Other things people want but the gov't doesn't do it.
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Liberals with power is more dangerous.  They want a socialistic country instead of what our fathers fought for, capitalism.
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Maybe as part of a government.
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pretty sure that has something to do with the nature of political leaders. do they ever follow the wishes of the people, in any country?
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Nope. There will always be those types of people who will take advantage of the "weaker" people. When I say weaker, I mean those people who are physically or perhaps even emotionally or mentally not as strong as others. If there was no government, you would have roving bands of folks going around and taking things from others and forcing others off their land. Eventually, these bands would form dictatorships. To counteract these bands, you would have regular folks ban together into Militias or something like that. And these Militias would either work democratically or have some sort of leader. Ultimately, you would have to set down rules to get together. Ultimately, these rules would have to be enforced when folks broke them. The bigger the group, the more rules that get broken and the more time you need to spend enforcing the rules. Suddenly, it makes sense to have a smaller group do all the enforcing and that group becomes the intervention of an outside authority. One of the ideas of the Bolsheviks was to have a dictatorship of the proletariat for about 5 years after the revolution and then all the people would govern themselves in a model communist utopia. That 5 years became 70 and eventually the USSR broke up and communism stopped there without this utopia where the people governed themselves knowing exactly what is good for them.\n\nThe trouble is that, even in this day and age where everyone is supposedly reasonable, people really aren't that reasonable. People are selfish. They want more than their fair share. Then some people come up with crazy ideas that they want to impose on everyone else. There is a major irrational side to every human being. It causes people to rape and murder and take drugs and do all kinds of things they shouldn't. It also causes love and compassion. This side will always be in humans and will always cause some people to do some stupid and some good things. Because of this, unless you have a really small group, you will always need the intervention of an outside authority.
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it is possible that they are insecure, and need/want that sense of power.
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Republicans believe a society should function for the benefit of its wealthiest members.\n\nDemocrats believe a society should function with the maximum equality for the benefit of the largest group of people possible.
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Being in charge of people.
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I don’t believe so.  However, many believe that we already live in an Oligarchy where most or all political power is controlled by a small segment of society.
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House. If only one.\nNot necessarily more power.  They just can just set the agenda better from the house.  Even though it may not get past the senate.
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I'll do my best.  Republicans favor a small, inexpensive government and, therefore, lower taxes, as well as a strong military.\n\nDemocrats favor a large government that will collect higher taxes and dole out governmental support, and they prefer a small military.\n\nIn a nutshell, that's it.
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Federal Republic does better than either one of those you listed, due to the divided and difused power that the various levels of government has so that power doesn't become concentrated in one area
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the government and people.