Read the following excerpt from "The Black Sheep."

"The government was a criminal organization that stole from its subjects, and the subjects for

their part were only interested in defrauding the government. Thus life went on smoothly,

nobody was rich and nobody was poor."

What system of government is most likely being described?

democratic

dictatorship

socialist

monarchy

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Colten

3 October, 11:03

Read the following excerpt from "The Black Sheep."

"The government was a criminal organization that stole from its subjects, and the subjects for

their part were only interested in defrauding the government. Thus life went on smoothly,

nobody was rich and nobody was poor."

What system of government is most likely being described?

democratic

dictatorship

socialist

monarchy

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Davion Coffey · Answer 1

C: Socialist system of government is most likely being described in the given lines.

Explanation:

Socialist is the type of government in which everyone in the society owns equally the factors of production, i. e. labour, natural resources, capital goods etc. Workers are not exploited in this kind of system, Profits are shared equally among all the workers according to the work they have done. They basically believe in cooperation.

In the given lines, it is said that nobody was rich or poor, but everyone was equal, so things were going smoothly. Thus, the answer is Option C: Socialist.