Welcome to our website!

Let's start with the question: who is this website addressed to?

- To people suffering from poverty, injustice and violence from the authorities; Authorities facing governance issues; Investors and researchers who can provide analysis and reform of the government.

Why about the government?

- Because the world is clearly not normal. Governments in most countries rely on violence and aggression to maintain their grip. Meanwhile, the standoff between autocracies and democracies escalated into war in 2022. It was started by the government, and the people became the victims. It's a catastrophe...

1. Power! Why is it needed and why is everything so bad? But not hopeless!

Why do people need power?

- Power is needed to serve people, taking into account their needs and interests. But more often than not, it is the cause of many of their misfortunes, such as poverty, violence, war, and so on.

Why does this happen?

- Because that's how things work. So instead of developing the country, this government is leading it to disaster. The essence of government is that no matter what horrors it perpetrates, it will always exist as long as the state exists.

Is it so hopeless?

- This doesn't mean the people are helpless before power. Yes, power can't be eliminated, but people can change it, including rulers and institutions. However, changing power is not a simple matter; it often involves sacrifices and doesn't always achieve its goals.

2. Autocracies and Democracies: Confrontation

Why did the confrontation arise?

- Civilization is in crisis. The era of autocracy's dominance is ending. Its methods of governance—violence and aggression—are ineffective and destructive. It faces a powerful competitor: democracy. Built on freedom and cooperation, democracy is more preferable for people. Humanity finds itself in a transition from one form of government to another.

Power and its types

Why is it important to understand and define the types and content of power?

- This question has puzzled thinkers since ancient Greece. People use the concepts they coined, "autocracy," "democracy," and others, to define types of power. Each of these concepts conceals a large number of characteristics that allow us to distinguish the nature of power. According to this typology, people can understand and anticipate the behavior of power, change it, evaluate it, discuss it with others, and draw conclusions about its benefits for themselves.

Autocracies are dangerous

Democracies are unreliable

What kind of power is autocracy and why is it dangerous?

- This form of power, in the form of one-man rule, has existed for 5,500-6,000 years. Its essence has remained unchanged: it is built on autocracy, coercion, and violence. This requires the use of force and other state resources to maintain and sustain power. At the same time, methods based on the suppression of freedoms, violence, and aggression make this type of power dangerous. It is inconsistent with the development of human civilization, which should be founded on human freedom.

Why are democracies unreliable and why should they be supported?

- Modern democracy emerged 250 years ago in the United States. Its subsequent development has been intermittent and intermittent. At the end of the 20th century, the rise of authoritarianism halted the development of democracy. A number of countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia once again became autocracies. Overall, the situation demonstrates the unreliability of democratic authority. Its main problem is that it cannot protect itself, for example, in incomplete democracies. This authority must be valued. By protecting it, we protect ourselves. It relies on freedom and human interaction and shapes the future of our civilization.

Commentary. The fact is that these authorities are problematic due to their inherent characteristics. Some are dangerous—autocracies; others are unreliable—democracies. What does this mean for the people? On the one hand, it's a worrying sign: these authorities are poor options, and it's not safe to trust them with your life and future. On the other hand, it's a signal to sensible people—they need to address the problem of creating a useful and secure government to which they can entrust their fate.

3. The labyrinth of power that every person is forced to overcome on their life path, including you

What is meant by the labyrinth of power?

- Let's start with the fact that we only have one life, and it's important to be happy throughout it. Let's ask ourselves: who determines the path a person takes in life, and how? Unfortunately, this depends not only on us, but also on those in power. It is the government that creates various problems in the form of a difficult labyrinth of barriers and obstacles along a person's life (see the figure: Problems of Power). However, overcoming this labyrinth of problems is an individual matter. Everyone has their own path in life.

Problems of power

Types of power

Power and the people: relations

The benefits of power

Power structure

Elections of power

Crisis of power

The nature of power

Tasks of the authorities

The relationship of power to resources

Information strategies

Autocracies vs democracies

The future of power

What is the essence of this approach?

- It allows us to look at power from the perspective of the individual. Finding a way through the labyrinth of problems created by power is a difficult and complex task for an individual. Instead of Ariadne's thread, which helped the hero Theseus in the ancient Greek myth "The Labyrinth" navigate it and save his life, I propose a modern approach: knowledge for overcoming the problems of power. Its value lies in its universality and its use by everyone.

1. The problem of types of power. The fact is that people are born into different states: some in autocracies, others in democracies. Their future lives are determined by the type of power. The severity of the problems created is characteristic of both autocracies and democracies. However, autocracies are distinguished by the difficulty and often impossibility of people overcoming barriers in life.

2. The problem of relations between the government and the people. Their complexity lies in the fact that power is not only a necessity but also a source of danger for the people. These relationships are organizationally built on the strength of the government and the weakness of the people, which allows for the creation of one of the most dangerous barriers to power—the partial or complete elimination of freedoms, leaving people disenfranchised and defenseless.

3. The problem of the usefulness and evaluation of power. Any power must benefit people. The difficulty lies in determining the usefulness of power. This requires an evaluation of power. But, as a rule, many authorities are not interested in exercising this. Therefore, people often wield power that is useless and unnecessary.

And so on...

Commentary. So, the government's job is to create a path for people, with signs pointing to problems and ways to overcome them. Like a labyrinth, but in the form of a brightly lit highway, along which a person moves from birth to their end in life. But in reality, the government creates difficult-to-solve problems for the people. They, in the form of barriers and dangers, become the conditions of his existence throughout his entire life.

4. On the structure of future power

People are well aware of the government's past, they know its present, but they have no idea about its future. This needs to be created. Let's start by identifying the range of tasks.

Is the idea of creating a future government very interesting?

- The demand for power has always existed: that's how human life is organized. Moreover, power is the product of human hands, which means people can also build the future power, but with new opportunities and demands in mind. This work can begin now.

Specifically, where should we begin?

- The problem is creating an image of the future power structure. For now, it is the product of speculation and various fantasies, not the subject of scientific research. This is what needs to be addressed.

Are there perhaps some important areas of work in this project?

- People are fairly familiar with the government's past, they know its present, but they have no idea about its future. One needs to be created. Below are the main conceptual blocks offered as guidelines. The main conceptual blocks are proposed below as guidelines.

Project "Future Devise of Power"

1. Parameters of Future Power
It's highly likely that the evolution of power will not change the existing structural elements of power. The characteristics of these elements may change.

2. The Key Element of Power
Of the existing basic elements of power, it is communications, as a system of interaction between elements, that will determine the properties and format of power.

3. Drivers of the Power Structure
If each stage of communications development created the preconditions for a new power structure, then the stage of new information technologies will likely create new models.

4. On models of future governance

Based on artificial intelligence methods and experiments, various models of governance can be created, assessing their usefulness and effectiveness.

5. Anvar Chamkin, "Power: autocracies are dangerous, democracies are unreliable and its future". 2025, A5, p. 265.

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Anvar Chamkin

Power: autocracies are dangerous, democracies are unreliable, and its future / 2025. Page 265.

Author: Anvar Chamkin

Modern power has become a real threat to people and civilization. This is due to the crisis and conflict between states with different systems of power. The confrontation between autocracies and democracies escalated into war in 2022. Powers that lead to crises and conflicts are dangerous and useless. Therefore they need to be rethought and reformed.

This book contains much important and unknown information about power. We will consider its purpose, how it is created, and what results. Everything you need to understand and analyze it can be found here.

I invite everyone to discuss issues of the organization of power and to participate in shaping its future.

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