I really enjoyed this reading because it talked about politics and different views of which one is the best democracy. The reading was easier to understand when I read all the parts that are not in another color, and then I came back to the highlighted area. While reading I learned a couple of new definitions like nations means birth in Latin, and of course this comes as a shock to me because I speak Spanish but never really paid attention to the word. The history on the separation of state and church in my perspective is very important to why we have a democratic systems today. I like the phrase clerical-anticlerical split it just sound so celestial when it means the split of state and church. I believe that more evidence should be giving in order to argue that gross domestic product earnings per country can contribute to when democracy starts. The reading also talks about corruption and how countries are corrupt, but they should of expanded more on how to fix corruptions or give suggestion on how to fix. Only two types of democracies exist in the world which are parliament and federalism. They go on to explaining how parliament works and how the prime minister has limited powers. Failed states is mentioned in the text and I wondered if Syria is considered a failed state, so my link is about Syria and how they cannot free themselves from President Assad Regime. The loss of a Syrian generation because children cannot go to school and the future of the nation is uncertain.

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