week 8-1. Politics

summary

Politics is about people in a group making decisions that affect their society. This is not just in the state, but in the interactions of all human groups, including businesses, academic and religious institutions. Governments have various forms of government, such as monarchy, democracy, totalitarianism, communism, oligarchy and neo-government politics. A monarchy is what a monarch has power. But even though monarchy is now in place in Britain and Thailand, their power is very limited. Democracy is a form of government in which the right to have sovereignty is owned by a majority of citizens within a country or country. In the form of democracy, members of the state can have equal power and freedom. totalitarianism is a state-controlled government that controls almost every part of the country's interests. They maintain their power through propaganda. The oligarchy is a form of government in which power is effectively placed in small elite groups. The communist state is based on the Communist Party's single-party rule. Theocracy is a government in which a sacred being is recognized as the ruler of the nation.

interesting

The contents of the party system and voting patterns were interesting. The U.S. is a two-party system and Sweden is a multi-party system, but our country recently became a two-party system with the mask of a multi-party system in the parliamentary elections, and it was interesting to compare these contents. And the content of the voting pattern was interesting and worried to see that the U.S. and our country were not much different. Both countries have low turnout among young people, but low turnout means they have no interest in politics. The fact that young people who will lead the future are not interested in politics means that the country's future is not bright, and I think we should solve this problem quickly.

discussion

The low turnout of young people in any country is a significant problem. What are some ways to increase the turnout of young people?

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