News and certain sources that are popular have a monopoly or mediaopoly. They report one same side and do not show the other side of the story. This means that they are perhaps lying or covering something up to a whole world.
Yes that is indeed racist on many levels and the fact that are government system protect or care to protect us is a bad personal and political move.
Yes it can!
Oligarchy means a small group of people in the country having the power. This does not exclude representative democracy: the Oligarchs can represent some people's interests but not the whole population. This is the case for example when not all people have the right to vote: Slaves, women, non-citizens, etc.
Based on the scenario, the factor that might result in classification of the nation as developing rather than developed is :B. a command economy
A command economy indicate that the people should heavily rely on the Government to be properly functioned
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