The 20th century is believed to have marked America as the most powerful and vital nation in the world. The 20th century rights revolutions were centered on the cry for freedom as it related to sexuality, race, religion, and gender. Roosevelt’s slogan for the issue came to be known as the Four Freedoms. The freedoms included speech and expression, worship, no wants, and no fears. The meaning of freedom was pondered by all ashore and those abroad. The call for cohesive unification on American soil was required of all. According to Luce, “our world of 2,000,000,000 human beings is for the first time in history one world, fundamentally indivisible” (Foner, p.191). When evaluating and analyzing the impact of 20th century rights revolutions
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The revolution has encompassed the American Revolution of 1775 and the French Revolution of 1792 to the Latin-American revolutions of the Bolivarian era, the German Revolution of 1848, and the Russian Revolution of 1918. The movement has been for women’s rights, gay rights, and civil rights, to name a few. Hayek defined freedom as “freedom from necessity, release from the compulsion of the circumstances which inevitably limit the range of choice of all of us, although for some very much more than for others” (Foner, p.199). Truman confirmed Hayek’s statement 3 years later in his doctrine that pointed out that an alternative way of life is not often a free one. Freedom has thus carried a different meaning for everyone that has uttered the …show more content…
Conformity became the new loyalty. With conformity came the acceptance of America in all of its essence. Of course, naysayers felt to conform would be to deny freedom. Naysayers have always believed that those who hindered democracy were the express definition of disloyalty. Naysayers held steadfast to the mockery this “disloyal” bunch made of freedom. The greatest threat to freedom has been deemed to be the concentration of power, not individual gain but group superiority. Many perceive the government’s role as a parent to child relationship. A child that has surpassed the naivety stage and plummeted into young adulthood with the strings of adolescence still attached. The parent/government exists as a guiding, stern hand for the nurtured
The revolution has encompassed the American Revolution of 1775 and the French Revolution of 1792 to the Latin-American revolutions of the Bolivarian era, the German Revolution of 1848, and the Russian Revolution of 1918. The movement has been for women’s rights, gay rights, and civil rights, to name a few. Hayek defined freedom as “freedom from necessity, release from the compulsion of the circumstances which inevitably limit the range of choice of all of us, although for some very much more than for others” (Foner, p.199). Truman confirmed Hayek’s statement 3 years later in his doctrine that pointed out that an alternative way of life is not often a free one. Freedom has thus carried a different meaning for everyone that has uttered the …show more content…
Conformity became the new loyalty. With conformity came the acceptance of America in all of its essence. Of course, naysayers felt to conform would be to deny freedom. Naysayers have always believed that those who hindered democracy were the express definition of disloyalty. Naysayers held steadfast to the mockery this “disloyal” bunch made of freedom. The greatest threat to freedom has been deemed to be the concentration of power, not individual gain but group superiority. Many perceive the government’s role as a parent to child relationship. A child that has surpassed the naivety stage and plummeted into young adulthood with the strings of adolescence still attached. The parent/government exists as a guiding, stern hand for the nurtured