Is Absolute Power on its Last Legs?
Region: Tonga
Posted by Liz Colville to findingDulcinea Several nations long ruled by monarchies are abandoning them, many in favor of democracy. Other dictatorships have weakened. But a few strongholds of absolute power do remain. Many countries long seen as oppressed have been freed recently from the dictatorial grasp of their leaders, indicating that absolute power as a governing practice is waning around the world. Some... more
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