Strategic Considerations Relating to DDR
federal government becomes susceptible to continual upheavals,
unrest, and coup d’états. Second and in reaction to the first, the
regime becomes authoritarian in pursuit of greater order, security, and direction. It should be noted that autocracies are very
efficient and decisive political structures, which are very good
at providing security. They also encroach on individual liberties,
create inequalities through the practice of cronyism and patronage, and often pursue disastrous policies due to deficient balancing mechanisms. As a consequence, an unassisted democracy
can fall into a cycle of anarchy and tyranny plaguing the affected
society with endless instability, conflict, and poverty. Without
an organizing structure, the whole premise of whether people
can govern themselves becomes problematic.
The constitutional scholars’ first task is to craft the structure of
government. Modern successful democracies have broken the
aforementioned cycle through the separation of government
into three essential branches, each autonomous as institutions
but requiring the cooperation of the other branches to govern.
Hence, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches collaborate to craft, implement, and review laws, while jealously
guarding against encroachments on their authority by the other
two branches. This system of checks and balances intentionally
trades efficient, decisive decision-making for deliberate, collaborative policy formulation. It is a slow and contentious means of
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