Some people believe it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. Others believe that the public has a right to be fully informed.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
The 21st century technology boom has created exponential growth for information; the same course you are learning in the United States is being streamed in real-time to the deserts of Africa. In the past, it was imperative that political leaders withhold certain information. Alternatively, the opposite is true in today's age: technology has made in nearly impossible to withhold information, and it is the duty of our public servants to convey information to the public.
To begin with, it is only a matter of time before information is presented to the public. In fact, many viligilante groups that focus on hacking have made a point to create absolute transparency in politics by releasing classified documents. For instance, Wikileaks recently released a 500 page report highlighting the exact techniques the CIA utilizes in order to monitor unsuspecting citizens. President Trump was forced to admit to the truth of the claim after being ousted, thus tarnishing international relations and the public's opinion. The computer has transformed the political playing field, and hacking is a part of our everyday lives, whether we like it or not. It is imperative that political leaders convey knowledge before alternative forces do.
Furthermore, political leaders are public servants. Many spend months campaigning to win the approval of voters, often citing traits such as honesty and trusthworthiness. In a poll published by the Wall Street Journal, 94% of voters expect that political officials will convey complete information to them. We rely on a system of checks and balances. Without the transmission of information, the public can not assure that their leaders are acting on behalf of the Country. Elected officials are expected to act on behalf on their incumbents and present intelligence.
Alternatively, not all political frameworks require the release of all information. In the case of dictatorships, leaders are often placed into rulership rather than through traditional voting. Marxist communism acknowledges that leaders are a part of the private sector. Inherently, they are not required to admit to anything. Often, political injustices and tyrannic ploys may go unnoticed by authoritative rulers that don't release all the necessary information.
In summary, the maxim "knowledge is power" applies. Dictators operate under so much authority that the transmission of information is not neccessary, but in a world characterized by unlimited data and the balance of power, complete transparency is required.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 527, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'publics'' or 'public's'?
Suggestion: publics'; public's
...nishing international relations and the publics opinion. The computer has transformed t...
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Line 7, column 422, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
... unnoticed by authoritative rulers that dont release all the necessary information. ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, if, may, so, thus, as for, for instance, in fact, in summary, such as, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 12.4196629213 24% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 33.0505617978 67% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 58.6224719101 104% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2159.0 2235.4752809 97% => OK
No of words: 390.0 442.535393258 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5358974359 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.44391917772 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.22946758476 2.79657885939 115% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.576923076923 0.4932671777 117% => OK
syllable_count: 686.7 704.065955056 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.740449438202 0% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.9152336125 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.1363636364 118.986275619 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.7272727273 23.4991977007 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.63636363636 5.21951772744 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.176812956463 0.243740707755 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0489714411267 0.0831039109588 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0449800181588 0.0758088955206 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0886017176131 0.150359130593 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.045042801058 0.0667264976115 68% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.1392134831 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 48.8420337079 76% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.56 12.1639044944 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.5 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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