Compare And Contrast Authoritarian And Democracy

There are many different types of governments around the world. They vary in many ways including who governs, how they come to the role, how much power they have and what role the average citizen plays in the government. Two of the types of governments that differ greatly are authoritarian and democracy.
An authoritarian government is a government by an individual or group small minority of powerful individuals that that maintain power thru force. The opinion of the average citizen is irrelevant to the authoritarian government. The authoritarian government can do whatever they please because they make their own rules. A ruler in this system will rule until choses to no longer rule as was the case with Fidel Castro in Cuba or they are removed