Big government

Democracy is a system of government where all citizens have the right to vote for their leaders and representatives. An informed electorate is one of the fundamental values in a democracy. One of America’s Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson said “An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it…

consist of six nations: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. These six nations formed a peaceful and stable group of people. American colonists came in contact with many American Indian nations and learned a lot about their governments systems. One major fact was that they had no police. The fact that the Haudenosaunee was free of coercion was quite impressive to Europeans. Even without these things, most nation maintained a violence free and stable environment in their…

community resources to eradicate it. In the article “The Making of Space, Race and Place”, Maggie Dickinson goes on to explain how in New York City, the mayor has tried to stop the practice of graffiti by making laws. She explains how the police and the government have tried so many ways to stop people from doing graffiti on every building and spend a lot of money trying to clean up places that had graffiti on them but somehow it just wasted the money because people kept doing…

What if an author wrote a novel about the future? Well, in the book 1984 by George Orwell, he predicts that eventually the government will be able to hear and see everything you are doing. 1984 takes place in futuristic London, England(Airstrip One). George Orwell refers to this place as Oceania which is the chief city of Airstip One. Winston Smith is the main character and we see many technologies that he has to hide from so he can rebel from the party in a group called the brotherhood. One…

serves as a suspenseful, disturbing yet entertaining warning to a contemporary audience. George Orwell’s 1984 is a novel set in a dystopian universe where the government watches over and controls its citizens every move through telescreens, language and the outlawing of , and even thoughts. These people are led to believe whatever the government feeds them without any question. This relevant vision of the future has been adapted to the stage by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan to be a message…

Those words of 1984 rolled off my tongue as opened my eyes to two concerned silhouettes staring down at me. One of the girls asked,”Hey, are you ok because we just woke up to you screaming.” With my heart still beating fast and sweat dripping I barely mustered, “Yes, it was just this dream I had which transported me into the vivid nightmare of the book 1984. It all started with me sitting in the corner of the small room listening to the nonsense from the telescreen. Unexpectedly the…

John Stossel, an anchor for various news shows, reports and comments on issues, usually political or economical. For example, in the video Stossel Communism and Capitalism, he reports over the issue of ignorance that Americans have when it comes to supporting causes and revolutionaries they know nothing about. He and Michael Moynihan discuss communism and why celebrities are clueless enough to support people like Che Guevara. People in America think that Che stood for issues like labor rights…

people refuse to work and is considered a form of protest. In the Egyptian Revolution people went on strike to show that they needed a change in their government. Today people go on strike to make a point or to make a…

lies and you are constantly at war. Winston knows that anything the government tells him is a lie and that the war Oceania, the country Winston lives in, is constantly fighting is pointless. Winston later on meets a girl named Julia who he at first hates, but as she shows that she also sees the lies Winston comes to love her and they join a secret group called The Brotherhood that fights Big Brother, another name for the government. Winston tells us the reader that he doesn't enjoy to watch the…

occupations. Engineering is so expansive that I could not even list all of the occupations on one page, but the three I am most interested in in civil, aerospace and mechanical. Civil engineers get paid well and mostly work for the government in…