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Problem #1: Centralized Power.
Despite such attempts at democracy, power was almost always aggregated at the top in a monarch, emperor or dictator, or in a small group such as an aristocracy. Any powers held by an aristocracy, however, were never meant to act as a check and balance on the king, but only to extend his power to every corner of his kingdom. Centralized power was and is an easy road to corrupt power.Share
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