During Hitler’s rule, Germany embraced in his anti-Semitic ideologies and the Aryan race flourished in regards to militarism and nationalism. Hitler placed a strong emphasis on the manipulation of youth as mentioned in one of his books ‘Mein Kampf’, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future.’ Hitler used the education system to portray Nazi views and school systems to glorify war. Youth Groups were created and propaganda and fear were blended in to manipulate the naïve children. The above ensured…
means. As a result he set up the Hitler Youth, The SS, a network or local Nazi parties etc. This helped gain support for the…
marijuana in eleven states. I agree with Hayden that McGovern did predict the end of the Vietnam War. However, Hayden assessment is flawed. McGovern was not in favor of the legalization of abortion and marijuana nationwide. Instead, the Democratic Party misunderstands McGovern. In 1976, the Democrats retreated from leftist politics and nominated centrist and McGovern foe Georgia governor Jimmy Carter. The Carter administration emphasized tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation, and a hawkish…
Film is one of the most influential modern mediums, Andrew Tudor (2013, 139-140) elaborates on the influence media can have on a general population, “The media tell the man in the mass who he is - they give him identity”. Throughout history there’s been many clear examples of the importance Film had during WWI and WWII. Hitler discusses the use of War Propaganda in his book Mein Kampf, he expresses the importance of the Art of Cinema in influencing his ideologies. “These films would be so…
relieved that the crew made it back to their own port; we are all suddenly reluctant Nazi sympathizers. The ease with which the audience can see their side offers a glimpse into how effortless it would be for an entire country to get swept into the Nazi party. In the most clever twist in the movie, moments after the submarine reaches home the port is bombed in an Allied air raid. We watch as the captain and most of the crew dies, and I found myself emotionally confused. I should, in a way, be…
I never quite understood the importance of privacy or political correctness as a child. The quick-witted banter that I had developed between friends really had no filter. I could say what I wanted, and how I wanted to say it without fear of ramifications, and my friends did the same. They were just words to us; they had little meaning, and if a conflict did erupt, it quickly fizzled out. However, the world changes, culture changes, ideas change, and with that so do freedoms. This is how my…
Apple should not provide the encryption code to unlock the iPhone of Syed Farook- one of the San Bernardino Shooters. Though the U.S government is seeking this encryption code in the name of national security, this access to millions of American’s personal information can too easily lead to the compromise of people’s 4th amendment rights. Moreover, this access may increase the targeting of minority groups such as Muslim American and African Americans. Using examples from Rampage and The New Jim…
directing his government agencies to target black social activists. President Gerald Ford stoked the flames by pushing for and achieving mandatory minimum sentences for drug related crimes in many states. President Ronald Reagan’s administration sullied Nancy Reagan’s…
In 1620, hundreds of Puritans left from the Great Britain and sought for their own settlement in American Continent. Those Puritan settlers had signed the Mayflower Compact which was a basic form of lawful management and order before they landed on Plymouth in Massachusetts. Freedom has always been and will ever be the most valuable nationhood of the United States. The political system of the nation changed from a loose confederation to a central government because the founding fathers thought…
A Girl with a Mountain to Climb – Prompt 2 The novel, The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak is a grand series of stories narrated by Death. The stories recall a young German girl named Liesel who faces her foster parents, Nazis, and most of all, hiding a Jew in her basement. Also, Liesel grows and develops throughout these stories in a WWII Germany. As she grows up on Himmel Street in Germany, Death himself narrates and gives the reader his perspective on each of Liesel’s obstacles, mishaps,…