What core beliefs empower a legitimate governing body?
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The will of the people and whats in there best intrest.
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The power to make people tell the truth.\nThat is all i need to conquer.
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The best way to govern is to have an altruistic dictatorship.  Someone who decides what is best for the people with the people's well-being the only deciding factor in his or her mind.  Since it is a dictatorship, there would be no beauracracy to get in the way, either.
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The Divine Right Theory is basically the belief that the king cannot be challenged because he was given his position by God Himself, and therefore to challenge the monarchy was to challenge God. The people actually believed this because it was, in the case of Louis XVI of France, taught by the Church, so people believed it. Bishop Bossuet of France, the main one, was loyal to Louis, and therefore given his position by Louis and told to teach the Divine Right Theory. This "right" was unchallenged because the people of the time were God-fearing, and therefore had no intentions of trying to usurp the king. It also helped to solidify the absolutism of the monarchy.
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Either...\n\n"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony." \n\nor\n\n"I'm not dead."
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I believe the basics are: \n1. Obey laws.\n2. Pay your taxes honestly.\n3. Vote & be an informed voter.\n4. Have a basic understanding of how the three branches of the federal government work (this is basically covered in the constitution).\n5. Know who your congressperson & senators are.\n6. Know the bill of rights.\n\nOne thing that I want to specifically point out as NOT being necessary is:\n1. Being a Christian\n2. Believing that our country was based on Christian values (it wasn't).\n\nIf you want to go into advanced mode the other things you could do are:\n1. Work for the government in some capacity.\n2. Police, fire fighter, military, etc.\n3. Learn about the history of the US.\n4. Be able to understand both the good and bad things this country has done in the past.\n5. Understand some of the more important court cases before the Supreme Court.\n6. Be able to identify real (not imagined) biases in news media.  Have an understanding of what is sometimes called the "4th estate" - the news media.\n7. Know about significant civil rights & liberties movements in US history.\n8. Know how the Federal Reserve manages monetary policy and how Congress manages fiscal policy and what effects this has on the general economy.\n9. Think for yourself.\n10. Encourage good relationships between people of different ethnicities that live here by maintaining & encourage mature, civil discourse.\n\nSuper-Advanced Mode:\n1. Understand the Enlightenment and how it's values contributed to our constitution.\n2. Understand our country's relationship to communism and the cold war.\n3. Understand capitalism, mass consumerism, trust busting, deregulation, trade unions, the great depression, globalization and corporate scandals.\n4. Understand current political ideology & rhetoric.  Know who says what, why and for whom.
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A Quasi Autonomous Non-Governing Organisation.\n\nIt's basically a committee with power!
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Start with the people who know you best and explain the basis of your beliefs. Start with one person who agrees and have them go out and do the same thing. Pretty soon the exponential power will bring you a flock as long as the dogma you put out is believable and aligned with the people you want to teach.
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So no one ruling body has total control.
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A person can absolutely stand with what they believe, that is depending on what their belief is based on.\n\nIf your belief is based on something unfounded, it will not take much to unsettle that belief.  If a person's belief is well founded, they have confidence that no matter what, they will be better off sticking with their beliefs.\n\nMy beliefs are based on the Bible, and I feel confident that they are well founded.  Therefore, any attempts to unsettle them will have to be not only logical, but supported biblically as well seeing that is the source of my foundation.\n\nSome whose beliefs are solely based on the commons ideals of the time will be shaken quite often because the ideals of the times change constantly without reason or warning.  Some who claim to go against the grain and not follow mainstream beliefs, but are always contrary to them are inadvertantly driven by them as well without even being aware of it.  Their desire to be contrary to public opinion is so strong that regardless of whether mainstream is right or not they are opposite no matter how outrageous it may seem to everyone else.  This then puts them in a position where they really are unsure of the future because they must wait for the mainstream to make a stand before they themselves can take a stand against it.  The mainstream view cannot statistically be wrong 100% of the time.\n\nEither way, a person's belief system can only be as strong as its foundation.
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The statements of policy that a political party claims it will implement if elected.
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It depends on the organization's by-laws. It may or may not be legitimate, but the person elected certainly doesn't have to take the position it they don't want it.
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A great leader has vision. Put people first, a great communicator by translating the people needs. He/she must have wisdom that will dictate him/her the difference between power and right.
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Cause the government wants to be right.
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It sets up a government.
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The Preamble is the introduction to the US Constitution.\n\nAs an intro, it lists the specific goals that the Constitution meets.\nThere are six of them.\nOne other very important principle is also mentioned in the Preamble - popular sovereignty. (the people rule)\nThe words ..We The People..  emphasize the Framers' belief that government  ultimately should be in the hands of the people. \nThey built on John Locke's idea that legitimate government exists because of the ...consent of the governed....
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believe and strong enough