Theocracy is a form of statist social system in which God or some other deity is recognized as the supreme ruling authority and has so-called divine rights over the members of society. The deity allegedly gives divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the day to day affairs of the society in question. The form of this guidance depends on the teachings of the deity as interpreted by the intermediaries. But the common denominator is that the individual rights of the members of society are violated in the name of the alleged divine rights of the deity. Individuals are required to sacrifice for the good of the deity, however that good is defined by the human intermediaries. Iran is the best example of a theocratic social system in today’s world, where mullahs and ayatollahs serve as the intermediaries between the deity, Allah, and his worldly subjects.
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