Possible Alternate Forms of Government

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The world today wouldn't be the way it is if it wasn't for the forms of government that exist.Forms of Government involve in many things life, religious views, culture, the people and politics. Besides a Democratic/Republic I think these three forms of government that are in my view orderly and contained and well polished would work in the U.S; Geniocracy, Meritocracy, & Technocracy.

Geniocracy is a form of government rule by a government ruled by with creativity, innovation, intelligence individuals . In other words highly intelligent individuals or a group of wise, innovative people would most likely rule that of one’s nation. Thus enabling the country to have a fairly worked and organized, developed country in the process. The United States could most likely use this. Are country has problems not major but issues agreeing within terms and policies of laws and rules/ regulations. This government will essentially have a group of people who are well committed to each other and could moderately or easily come to an agreement of things; whether that’d be laws or regulations of rules. The economy and society will benefit, as the group of individuals lay down their innovative and resourceful ideas. The individuals would have to be intelligent and good prospects in order to run the government office. Gas and energy issues would be a problem of the past. They would also come up with new ideas on things concerning our future. This group would know how to handle little topics and discuss without attacking each other verbally while conducting themselves properly.

Meritocracy is a system of governance where groups are selected on the basis of people's ability, knowledge in a given area, and contributions to society. This form of governm...

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... who work together to better the nation. For example highly skilled doctor would help politicians make decisions on healthcare because they have the most experience with what work for their patients and what they can afford. A group of high standing individuals working together would improve the economy because they would come up with ideas and what needs to be improved from where they’re coming from. The only flaw would be some outspoken individuals wouldn't have much of a voice because of where they stand in their criteria.

I picked those 3 types of government because they all had one thing that I value in common either efficiency or it was honorable. I believe those two things are really needed to form a prestigious government. I picked technocracy would be the most proficient form of government. Governments never learn. Only people learn.- Milton Friedman

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