Government In The Movie Antz: Two Types Of Government

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During my time when I was watching the movie Antz in civics class I was told to pay attention to types of government shown in the movie. The two types of government shown in the movie Antz were a dictatorship style government and a democracy style government. Obviously the character General Mandible represented the dictator style government and the character Z represented the democracy style government.
General Mandible represents a dictatorship style of government because he has the power over the constitution and the court system. This is a prime piece of evidence because usually a dictator has complete control over the constitution and court system. Secondly General Mandible has the military power and uses it to his advantage. For example

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