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28 Cards in this Set
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liberal |
a person who desires progressive change (forward moving change & will work within system to bring it about) |
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radical |
a person who desires progressive change now and will use violence to bring it about |
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conservative |
a person who desires status quo (little or no change)
if it aint broke, don't fix it |
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reactionary |
a person who desires regressive change (backward moving change that makes society better for them) |
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moderate |
a person that is sensible and rational. They see things most clearly, and they like to take their time to examine all sides of an issue |
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fact about moderates |
they are the most vulnerable position on the spectrum
tug of war between left and right |
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extremists |
people who desire major change (progressive L or regressive R & will do whatever it takes to bring it about) |
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Why extremists are dangerous people but necessary to the political spectrum? |
1. other opinions 2. bring unity to rational people 3. extremists cause thought which leads to change (stir the pot) |
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left wing extremist color |
dark purple |
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radical color |
red |
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liberal color |
pink |
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moderate color |
clear |
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conservative color |
gray |
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reactionary color |
charcoal |
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right wing extremist color |
black |
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left wing adjectives (7) |
"we" oriented majority of people humanitarian have nots progressive (open minded) blue collar (employees) doves |
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right wing adjectives (9) |
"I" oriented $ selfish, greedy haves traditonal (old school) white collar (employers) older religious hawks |
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platform |
the general attitude, philosophy, or ideology that a political party bases its beliefs and actions on. In other words, what a party stands for or on |
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Republicans platform |
moderate to conservative |
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Democrats platform |
moderate to liberal |
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planks |
a specific stance a party takes based on their general attitude, philosophy, or ideology |
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LWE and RWE ideal political/economic system |
anarchy (initially) |
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Radical ideal political/economic system |
"pure" communism |
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Liberal ideal political/economic system |
democratic socialism |
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Moderate ideal political/economic system |
democratic mixed |
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conservative ideal political/economic system |
democratic capitalism |
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reactionary ideal political/economic system |
totalitarian (dictator) |
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what has the most impact on the type of political system that develops within an area? |
wealth and its distribution |
