Every Nation has a People and every 'Nation' is an 'abstraction'.

The 'name' of every Nation is a generalized abstraction, and hence, has characteristics or 'elements' that give it an Identity and a 'constitution'. By constitution, I mean all of its People in a 'condition of togetherness' gives the Nation its sense of 'Identity', i.e. its Name, and also a sense of 'being constituted' as a People. Of course, that 'sense of being constituted' as a People, is what we, in a Democracy, consider as given in a Written Constitution, which sets forth the structure of the Nation. A Constitution can be written or not. If its written it 'gives' a sense of being 'a commitment' because its written nature makes it available to every individual within the Nation, and hence is available, if necessary, for their own study. If the Constitution is not written, it has to much 'wiggle room'. If a Nation exists without a Constitution, its sense of Identity is that of an Autocracy, because the people have no say-so in the constitution of the Nation, or, the operation of the government. Of course, an Autocracy is recognized as a Dictatorship, or some specie of autocratic rule. An Autocracy is a 'pure sense' of Rule over the People. An Oligarchy changes a little bit; it's rule by the same small group of Individuals, over and over. A Plutocracy is rule by the Plutocrats, or by the rich. Every Nation has a government and every Nation is recognized as one of the above listed variations. Fortunately, we have abstract terms that describe the different kinds of governments, and, which help us analyze the characteristics of each. But, these terms apply to the Top of government and to the manner in which it governs the People. It is undeniable, that the best form of government is a 'Peoples' form of government. And truly, it can be called a Government 'of People', 'by People', and 'for People'. This is a phraseology that emphasizes the importance of the People at the Bottom of government. The People are at the Bottom, i.e. they are the ones being ruled, in a Democracy, as well as, by the forms of government listed above. They are the ruled, not the Rulers. So what do the politicians do to give that process a bad name? They refer to the People in a 'condition of togetherness', as a 'social' and 'coin' the term, Socialism!. That gives the People a bad name! But, obviously, the People can't rule from the Bottom. The Top rules. We must listen very carefully to the words of the Politician.