360 Degrees: The Perfect Form of Government

Over the course of history, civilizations have been trying to accomplish something nobody has yet, formulate and implement a perfect form of government.  Some of the most successful have been: monarchy, democracy, and communism.  But of course, none of these have proved perfect.  Is there a perfect system?  Or does it just not exist yet? 

Monarchy was one of the first successful forms of government; we see it in Egypt, through the power of the pharaohs.  We also see it in France, through King Louis XIV.  Obviously, both monarchies came to an end; however, that happened after quite a long time.  On the other hand, there are many flaws with a monarchy.  Most notably, is that the citizens are likely to revolt.  With little representation in government and very often high taxes, citizens become unhappy usually ending in chaos.

Next up is democracy.  The current form of government in the United States of America, democracy is quite the opposite of monarchy.  The major flaw in a monarchy is no problem in a democracy.  All citizens have the opportunity to vote, and an average Joe has representation through local government.  We do see some flaws however.  For example, in my opinion, the most intriguing part about democracy is also a problem.  democracies hands too much power over to average Joe's.  When a nation is making a major decision, there needs to be one person taking the reigns and doing what  is best for that specific nation.  When there are thousands of other people, many of them with conflicting ideas, not much gets done, and the result is piled up problems.

I believe that communism is the best form of government... in theory.  Having one working class and one elite class is the most simple, yet genius form of government in my mind.  But the only problem is that people aren't stupid.  Skilled and educated citizens making minimum wage know that they deserve higher pay.  Communism is therefore a short cut to the end result of monarchy- revolt and replacement. 

The two alternatives to this predicament are that either there is no perfect form of government, or we just haven't found it yet.  It is very plausible that there can not be a perfect form of government.  Just as there is no perfect person, physically, (Plato relates the three parts of the body and the state) there is also no perfect state.  One might respond, "False.  That's preposterous!  The perfect person can be easily achieved, through steroids and long, rigorous workouts."  "Ha!" I would exclaim.  Because I know, that the same way the human body would break down after years of steroids, a government would crumble if it disguised itself as steroids do to a human body. 

But what if years of evolution in human thought lead us to the belief that we have created a perfect form of government?  What would it look like?  Who would hold the power?  "Elites"?  A supreme ruler?  Civilians?  Could there possibly be a balance of power between all the people in a civilization?  If a government is indeed perfect, does that mean that the civilization would never fall?  Can social, economic, or religious indifference lead to the fall of a perfect government?  Is a perfect government even affected by society, economy, or religion?