From: dakadldo2@gmail.com   
      
   What with the world evolving collectively now, must be we be aware of several   
   political philosophies, at least in general.  Probably true that each major   
   political system has within in variations, if only because man must muster   
   understanding in local    
   ways.   
      
   U.S. is a good example of politics and political parties shaping up, with more   
   than one philosophy assumed to be at odds.   
      
   Supposedly, U.S. is a republican democracy, as I understand it, practicing and   
   defending democracy in many ways, based on a written constitution defended by   
   a supreme court, and a republic for providing peoples representatives.   
      
   Other countries that like to be counted as democracies, like Sweden, Norway,   
   Finland, Denmark, are known to be socialist, with private enterprise managed   
   by central government.  Even Russia has said it's a democracy for the way its   
   central communist    
   party represents the people.  Other countries, too, like Taiwan and even China   
   to some extent show respect for democratic institutions, evidently.   
      
   Then there is state socialism, where the state manages it all in a sort of   
   totalitarianism of controlling all industries and services.  We assume China,   
   North Korea, Cuba, and other socialist countries are bent toward state   
   socialism.   
      
   I'm talking off the top of my head about political philosophies, without real   
   knowledge enough to even characterize well how world cultures are shaping up.    
   It does seem as though even the U.S. will develop more socialism than it   
   already has in terms of    
   government programs and agency oversight.  No doubt Medicare and Medicaid will   
   evolve into something better than we have now, and many would like something   
   like what Canada has.     
      
   More federal government and less state government seems to be the direction   
   we're going, when you look at all the leftist political movements celebrated   
   by news media.  In terms of government vs. chaos, U.S. is showing more chaos   
   every day at national,    
   state, and city levels.  Not sure what the digital age brings upon us.     
      
   Question, too, is whether nations like in Africa and South America are unable   
   to become democratic republics and might benefit from socialist governments.    
   Evidently both Russia and China are making moves that way.   
      
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