the merits of autocracy theme
Democracy is contrasted with autocracy and the point is made that the former can be inefficient and slow in making decisions where the later can act decisively.
10 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) | choice | The story lead to the idea that the democracy and the senate were not up to the task of saving Naboo. |
| ds92x02 | major | Bajoran provisional government vs. Circle insurgents |
| movie: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) | major | The general story is that democracy falls to dictatorship due to ever spreading corruption and bureaucracy. |
| movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) | major | The story tells of a democracy that is reorganized into an empire led by an unelected Sith ruler. |
| movie: Strange Holiday (1945) | major | The fascists argued that democracy bred dysfunction and confusion and the order that came with fascism was preferable. |
| tng6x11 | major | We heard that the Cardassian military dictatorship turned their society from anarchy into something where at least people had food. |
| ds93x18 | minor | Garak and Bashir we debated Cardassian totalitarian political organization. |
| movie: Impostor (2001) | minor | It was argued that the newly formed authoritarian world government on Earth was better suited to prosecute the war against the Alpha Centauri aliens, and ensure the survival of humanity. |
| movie: Starship Troopers (1997) | minor | Mr. Rasczak stated how he'd explored "the failure of democracy" in his high school civics class. This was in the context of Earth being under the rule of a world government known as the Federation. |
| tos1x24 | minor | Khan's old regime had brought order to the world at the expense of freedom and at the cost of tyranny. |