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Anarcho-capitalism Knowlton is shown in the white shirt holding the gun      
Anarcho-capitalism (also known as free-market anarchism) is an individualist anarchist political philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and the provision of security from aggression against person and property by the private sector...
Capitalism Adam Smith Book Subject    
Capitalism is the economic system in which the means of production are owned by private person, and operated for profit and where investment, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are predominantly determined through the...
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Democracy Quotation Subject    
Democracy is a system of government by which political sovereignty is retained by the people and exercised directly by citizens. In modern times it has also been used to refer to a constitutional republic where the people have a voice through their...
Form of Government
Book Subject
Republic Republicas mundiales Form of Government    
A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people) have impact on its government. The word originates from the Latin term res publica, which translates as "public...
Despotism Despotism represented on various scales of living Character Occupation    
Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. In its classical form, a despotism is a state where a single individual, the Despot, wields all the power...
Form of Government
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Direct democracy   Form of Government    
Direct democracy, classically termed pure democracy, comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein sovereignty is lodged in the assembly of all citizens who choose to participate. Depending on the particular system, this assembly might...
Anarchy Woman with CNT-FAI flag Form of Government    
Anarchy (from anarchía, "without ruler") may refer to any of the following: It should be noted that "ruler," if used in the context of the third bullet point, has no explicit connection to the term "rules." In an anarchy, as defined by the last...
Socialism Karl Marx (1818-1883) Book Subject    
Socialism refers to any of various economic and political concepts of state or collective (i.e. public) ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods and services, some of which have been developed into more or...
Marxism Karl Marx (1818-1883) Quotation Subject    
Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Any political practice or theory that is based on an interpretation of the works of Marx and Engels may be called Marxism. Despite being...
Agrarianism        
Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy which stresses the viewpoint that the cultivation of plants, or farming leads to a fuller and happier life. In the introduction to his 1969 book Agrarianism in American Literature, M. Thomas Inge...