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A Tyranny is important because, the tyrant doesnt have to wait for a voting occur to do something for example: If some country was oing to attack us then the tyrant can decide wheter or not to fight back or to stand down.

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Tyrants (from the Greek word tyrannos, a ruler of a polis; as opposed to an aristocrat or an elected official) represented the rulers during a specific period of time in Greek history, between the falls of the oligarchies and the rise of the democracies.

During that time, the tyrants stepped in and took over control of the government, many times givng up power peacefully when a new system was put in place. However, as often as not, the tyrants abused their power and became noted as extreme opportunists that were only out for themselves. The negative connotation began with comments made by Plato and continued through the Hellenistic period to carry into Rome, where tyrannus meant an illegitimate ruler.

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