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What is a difference between an authoritarian government and a democratic government?

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an authoritarian government is a collective government with absolute authority and a dictatorship is generally (but not always,dictatorship of the proletariat) an individual or small group of individuals with

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A democratic government gives citizens the right to directly vote gov't officials into office to represent them.

On the other hand, authoritarian regimes are built from strong central governments with little to no political freedoms for citizens.


So, the primary different between a democratic and authoritarian government is the citizens' political power/freedom.

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