In large societies existing in the world today, there are many different opinions when it comes to political decision-making. There have been many different political systems in the past. There exist two extreme positions. The Athenian democracy is a system in which all the citizens of an area participate in making decisions. One alternative to the Athenian democracy is the elite or absolute rule; a system in which there is one person who makes decisions for the country, hopefully in the country's best interests. An alternative political system between the two extremes is the representative democracy in which you get to vote on the political party you would like to represent you. In a way this system leaves decision making up to professional groups of people, but still gives the people of the country some control over decisions made. The political party voted into power is given the right to make decisions for the country; if the citizens of the country wish to vote for another party, they may do so in the next election. Different societies in the world today believe that one system is the rational and politically correct one. A certain group of people might argue that an absolute ruler gives no political rights to its citizens, and it leaves the country open to corruption. This group may not support an Athenian Democracy because it is inefficient in societies today, because the societies are simply too large. Too much time would be spent deciding which goals and approaches to take. This would leave very little time to achieve these goals. The same society may support a Representative Democracy because they believe it is the only way to divide the power between Citizen and State fairly. A representative democracy is the best political system for all countries in the world today.
             A very controversial system still used today is the Absolute Monarchy. An absolute or elite ruler makes all the country's decisions, for better or ...