Maine thinks government has fixed tasks which may be done better or worse, and forms of government - e.g., monarchy, aristocracy, democracy - are better or worse according as they carry out those tasks better or worse.
This is a delusion.
While there is some overlap, the different forms carry out different tasks.
And even the same form can attempt different tasks according as cultures differ.
And, anyway, the ancient division of the forms of government is little more than a narrow prejudice.
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