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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 42, April 2022
Vol.1, Issue 42, April 2022

From Authoritarianism to Democracy

"Apricity"

Mariam Elsafty, Sophomore, political science
mariam.yasser2020@feps.edu.eg
It is the year of 3100, when the Earth was unfortunately Luckily, they are just five, so agreements with
destroyed by a huge asteroid that led to its end. Luckily, them will be much easier. However, because we
NASA predicted this collapse and so, a huge spacecraft are not living in paradise yet, those five can
was created to carry some of the Earth’s ex-residents from cause a form of disunity in the country, just as
all over the globe. And since life on Earth was not fair, what happened in Italy many years ago. The
those who were only able to afford saving their lives were prince should be more diplomatic with them and
able to move to Mars; where a new life begins. Mars is make use of their smart minds to preserve the
now filled with people, all with different cultures, public interest. There is no problem in affording
religions, and races. Right after the Prince successfully the facilities that will help them in having power
united all of us by using absolute power and force, and in their own fields of specialization, in return,
after he had established a strong and firm foundation, he they should stay away from intervening in the
wanted to create a desired country for everyone different political decision making. And to diminish their

than that of the state of nature. A country where everyone power, I advise the prince to follow
is having equal rights and enjoying the new life he has paid Machiavelli’s democracy which is based on
for. Through asking for my advice, as his political advisor, controlling elites with ferocious populism. In
the prince wants to gradually transform this authoritarian addition to that, I advise him to avoid using
state to a democratic one. In addition to that, he wants to pseudo-democratic institutions for the sake of his
do this transformation through avoiding the major mistakes own self-interests, as these manipulated
that can lead to a mere façade of democracy. To transform institutions give him the legitimacy that he can
to a democratic system, I advise him to avoid listening to use over people domestically.
and be influenced by the ultra-elite, those who were able to
have a normal flow of life after everything has changed,
and they do not need to start from zero, they want to have
power, and because we now have ex-elites, who are to be
considered as people trying to afford a living, they cannot
be considered dangerous anymore Hence, it was much
easier to keep balance. But what about the ultra-elites?
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