Absolutism And Democracy

For the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Absolutism and Democracy were the way of governing man. Although democracy is a great way of governing it is still not efficient, not good at making good decisions and having an order in the nation, But an Absolut way of government is very efficient, its fast and everyone will listen to your orders.

The most effective way of government is absolutism because in absolutism you aren’t interfered by the people or other politics which makes the flow of government better, absolutism is also great because of how there is only one decision and one order which means there will be no corruption, although democracy is a great government everyone agrees that when you give a man something precious he will still want more and more on the other hand Absolutism stops that from happening.

A way that absolutism is an efficient way of government is because people and other government politicians aren’t obstacles. King James I expressed his ideas and said, “Kings are not only gods lieutenants on earth but they sit on gods throne, but even by God himself they are called god” (Doc2). This evidence reveals that when the people see you as a noble high man then they will fear you and will always carry out your orders. This would make government flow better because the will give out your order.

A great philosopher by the name Machiavelli wrote a book called “The Prince” which is simply a book about the perfect leader. He said in the book “A person wouldn’t hesitate to offend someone they love than someone they fear, love is held by a bond that can be broken when the person knows it’s a personal advantage. But fear is a bond if broken, punishment will be sentenced, which lets the person fear you” (Doc 1). This statement shows that when a person loves you he will not satisfy your needs but when a person fears you he will do whatever you order him to do.

This is another reason why absolutism is more efficient because if you order the feared one to do a job for you he will listen to but if it’s opposite he won’t do your order and that ends up making government less efficient. These are all statements that would prove that when the people know you not by your personality but by nobility and fearfulness then they will listen to you and will give out your order this will make government much easier and not let the workers as obstacles.

Absolutism would be much better at decision making because there is one decision and it’s up to the great leader and not the people that don’t understand politics. King Louis XIV of France stated, “The king is to decide and only the members of the government are only to carry out orders” (Doc 3). This statement by King Louis XIV means that he was telling us that there should be only one decision and members are told to carry them. Unlike democracy, the leader and the members must agree and decided on one thing, which in human nature is almost impossible.

King James I believed in the divine right of kings this is a belief that the kings are basically god’s representative and they are only responsible to god. This would give kings unlimited power. This explanation shows that a king has no limitations to his or her power. This would mean that if a decision was made and someone disagrees with the king this would mean that someone would be going against God, which is a sin. This means that there is one decision by the king and everyone must obey that decision, also this would show that government would be most efficient because there is one decision and no can go against it.

These examples would show that one decision is more efficient than the whole nation deciding which would make government less efficient. When a leader gives man rights they want more and will do anything to get more of it. Machiavelli wrote in his book the prince, “We can all agree that man are ungrateful, wicked, and jealous and will never avoid personal advantages” (Doc 1). This statement shows that man will always want more that will make them have an advantage. If you don’t give the people ALL the rights then they will respect that because if you do then they will fight and revolt for more.

Absolutism doesn’t allow for people to take more and cause violence. King Louis XIV of France expressed his ideas and said, “the more you give to the assembled people the more they want, but the state shall always come first” (Doc 3). This piece of evidence unravels that when you give people something they want more and they will do anything for more like killing you as a leader. That is why absolutism is a great way to government but is greater when a leader is smart and knows how to deal with efficiency and knows how to handle the people.

Absolutism is a great way of governing in the seventeenth and eighteenth century because of when you are in an absolute government you aren’t interfered by the people because you are a great leader this makes government much efficient, absolutism is also efficient because there is one decision by the leader and not by the nation, unlike democracy absolutism does not give the people more than what they need because if you do they will revolt and cause corruption for more. Absolutism and democracy are great ways of government but until today we still don’t know an efficient perfect government in our society.