Compare Plato's Regime And US Government

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Cooperation and Contrast between Plato’s Regimes and Current U.S. Government

The U.S. government is a union of partially self-governing states or regions under a central government. It is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the federal courts. The separation of powers, which neither any branch working alone can change the U.S. constitution, is a kind of harmony that is similar to what is described in Plato’s aristocratic regime, where each class minds their own jobs to keep the state functioning. Besides, in my opinion, the current U.S. government is a combination of timocracy, oligarchy and democracy, which of four regime …show more content…

The individual corresponding to timorcracy typically has a strong desire to excel and ruling. He loves honors and is confident, but is lack of education. He “must be a lover of hearing, although he is not skillful in rhetoric” (Plato 548e to 549a). With slaves, he will be brutal; with freemen, he will be tame; with rulers, he will be obedient. Also, he usually knees to physical training. For oligarchy, the corresponding individual must “give the highest place to money” (Plato 554a) but stingy. Also, he is diligent while he is squalid and narrows his desires to accumulate money as much as he can, by the same token, it will be hard for him to succeed. Beside, he is strongly lacking of education since he only focuses on money and wealth. Such a man has a good reputation in contractual relations, because at that time the evil side of his inner world is beaten by his virtue side. There is no harmony in his soul. Additionally, it is easy to see that kind of “drones’ desire” when he catches the opportunity to spend others’ money. The individual corresponding to the Plato’s democracy is arrogant and shameless. He enjoys indulgence and luxury, and spends his time, equally, to all kind of desires, necessary and unnecessary. His life, which he insists on, has no moderation and rules. Similar to that of democracy, the individual links to tyranny also motivates by all kinds of desires and spirits. His wasteful life makes him under a heavy debt. This tyrannical man will do everything to fulfill his desires, including robbery and

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