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#### <s class="topic-title">[[government]]</s>
> [!wikipedia] [government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government)
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> A government is the system or group of people governing an organized [[community]], generally a state.
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> Historically prevalent forms of government include [[monarchy]], [[aristocracy]], [[timocracy]], [[oligarchy]], [[democracy]], [[theocracy]] and [[tyranny]]. The main aspect of any [[philosophy]] of government is how political power is obtained, with the two main forms being electoral contest and hereditary succession.
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> - [[discussion1968 Discussion]]
> - [[discussionRed Summer of 1919]]
> - [[discussionSecond Red Scare Discussion]]
> - [[notes - 1920's General Notes]]
> - [[notes - 1930's General Notes]]
> - [[notes - 1940's General Notes]]
> - [[notes - 1950's General Notes]]
> - [[notes - 1960's General Notes]]
> - [[notes - 1970's General Notes]]
> - [[notes - 1980's General Notes]]
> - [[notes - 1990's General Notes]]
> - [[notesWestern Civ Textbook]]
> - [[primarysourceExcerpts from the 2016 Republican Party Platform]]
> - [[primarysourceFirst Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]]
> - [[speechRonald Reagan Evil Empire Speech]]
> - [[speechRonald Reagans Inaugural Address 1981]]
> - [[course - Psychology of Race and Gender]]
> - [[market-based economy]]
> - [[social contract theory]]
> - [[Anti-government stances lead to economic crashes]]
> - [[First Amendment rights impacts groups not individuals]]
> - [[McCarthyism is an attack on totalitarianism not communism]]
> - [[Nixon paved the way for Reagan]]
> - [[Ronald Reagan invented modern conservatism]]