Fiscal conservatism

Typical codes and conventions of Billboard: 3 visual images 2 separated text black and white colors. In this visual we can see the letter ‘M’ with a big scale and a slogan at its bottom; a fries box in the middle of the billboard, in front of the fries box we have another text and on its right we have a clown holding a knife in his right hand. The billboard seem like it is placed on the highway. Verbal Aspects Analysis I’m hatin’ it: Verbal sign The message behind this text: The masthead of…

Edmund Burke’s famous essay, “Reflections on the Revolution in France,” has expressed great disappointment and disapproval of the French Revolution. Burke has constantly attacked French revolutionaries who he claimed bypassed France’s ancestors and founding fathers to construct a new society from scratch. This paper will address three main points of the assigned section which are: disregard of old system in France, reasons against the Enlightenment and the sophists it has created. Lastly,…

Liberal society typically exalts individual liberty as one of its most fundamental values. However, a portion of contemporary media and political thought argue that since we are steeped in dominant ideology, this individual liberty is only ostensible. On film, John Carpenter’s They Live depicts a population entirely controlled by an alien elite, the true indoctrination and oppression of which can only be seen through special sunglasses most don’t have access to.1 In his essay “Denial, the…

Liberally Speaking: Why Liberalism is Right for America written by Stephen J. Natoli is about the liberal view on the left side of the left-right political spectrum. One main idea of the book is to provide an educated view on the liberal side of politics and explain how an open mind can only make the "land of the free,” freer. Chapter three through five concentrates on what liberals believe. This includes: ethics, peace, equality, freedom, and science. These are just a few of the several…

In “Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner”, author James Cronin explains why he, despite being a liberal, believes in and exercises his gun ownership rights. This essay, in particular, is quite intriguing due to the fact a liberal is supporting the second amendment. The title alone draws in a diverse crowd because it is somewhat paradoxical in today's divided political spectrum. The personal crisis that leads to the author’s support of gun ownership enlightens and resonates with nearly all…

Liberalism, race, and contract are all extremely broad terms that encompass a variety of implications and meanings. The definition of each of these terms has evolved throughout history and continues to evolve today. Though these terms all have separate definitions, they have common roots. Liberalism, race, and contract are all elements of the political, social, and racial aspects of America. Liberalism is the base upon which race and contract are built. Liberalism is a political ideology that…

Foucault introduced “governmentality” in his study of the autonomous individual’s capacity for self-government in the context of the problematics of power. Defining government as “the conduct of conduct” and as a term ranging from “governing the self” to “governing others,” Foucault uses this notion of government in connection with the link between forms of power and processes of subjectification. Today, the world government possesses solely a political meaning. However, Foucault’s notion of…

Conservative propaganda, which is inextricably tied to Christianity in the U.S., tells us that poor people have failed on a personal level. To be poor is to have failed to have made the best of the opportunities provided by God in this great land and that failing is nothing short of immoral. In this view, the world is a dangerous place filled with evil temptations. Salvation is a narrow path that the poor have failed to follow. Poor people are immoral in the eyes of conservatives and thus, they…

John F. Kennedy once said, “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all” (BrainyQuote). In order to make a well-educated presidential vote, one must be well informed on the candidates at hand. Failing to know key aspects about the candidate puts the entire democracy in danger because the right to vote is then wasted. There are countless aspects of a candidate’s life that are crucial to note when attempting to better understand the position and viewpoints of a candidate.…

Dear politicians who strongly believe in a revolution to make America better, That includes every single of you; every single one of you who has a belief and tries to edify that belief beyond anyone else’s. Yet, no matter what you believe in, or the morals that you have, each of you got to be that way at some point in your life. At some point, there came a pivotal scene that changed the way you saw the world. Whether those beliefs came naturally or were taught to you by people you looked up to,…