One of the biggest debates that has ever raged within human societies is determining which form of government is best suited to provide the kind of environment most of us seem to prefer. Many kinds have been tried since we first started gathering into large groups, from iron-fisted dictatorships like medieval kingdoms to full on democracies like ancient Greece. As we look back through time at the various ways in which people have chosen to regulate their lives, it's impossible to come up with an option that satisfies everyone. There are simply too many people with different ideas of what they want to have one government for everyone.
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