Indoctrination

The important insight into America 's personal role in El Salvador is shown in the insurgency fighter 's story because he mentions the different resources provided by the American military, from armed forces training to ideological and religious indoctrination. The mentality of the American government was that Latin America was full of "backward people prone to violence" and therefore more susceptible to the influence of communism, was it to reach that part of the globe. Realistically, the level…

Plato’s Republic In the Republic, Plato presents an ostensible utopian society, in which a rigid caste system is maintained through deceit. Plato uses this “utopian society” as an analogy for the soul and thorough it demonstrates how an individual can become just. Despite adopting many positions in the Republic antithetical to many of his beliefs in presented in Plato’s other dialogues, some continue to misinterpret the Republic as a serious political treatise. Plato’s preposterous construct of…

climate and attitudes that allowed for Jim Crow to take such a strong hold and have so much control over the daily lives of southerners. In the fourth chapter, “White Folks: Scriptures,” Litwack describes the belief system of the South and that the indoctrination of the racial hierarchy started young. This early racial separation grew to incite clashes between them, as is seen in the next chapter, “White Folks: Acts.” The legal and political systems actively worked to keep African Americans…

As the undeniably brutal history of African slavery in Brazil is analyzed, many factors and influences must be considered in order to understand the full scope of the tragedy and its contributing causes. One factor that undoubtedly played a pivotal role in the development and perpetuation of slavery was the presence of Jesuit missions. Beginning with their arrival in Brazil in 1549, the Sons of the Society of Jesus sought to fulfill what they saw as a divine mission aimed at conquering “the…

Dick Couch writes a thought-provoking book, A Tactical Ethic: Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace, which details a growing problem in the United States military, i.e. maintaining ethical and moral behavior on and off-duty. His supporting arguments are society emphasizes behavior not conducive to promoting positive ethical behavior, malignant personalities in the ranks spreading negative behavior, and the ambiguity of the asymmetric warfare fought today. He provides anecdotal evidence…

Organizational theory often describes organizations in metaphorical terms. Theorists frequently utilize descriptive terms taken from biological, mechanistic and information systems as a means of understanding what organizations are conceptually and how they function in real-world scenarios. In this view, organizations can be considered living organisms and machines, depending upon the theorist and the particular point of view that he/she ascribes to. The broader point in all of these comparisons…

The Establishment Clause: Arguments against the interpretation of the Establishment Clause have been more recent than that of the Free Exercise Clause. This Clause states, “The First Amendment provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion….” The very first Establishment Clause case brought forth to the Supreme Court was in the 1947 Everson v. Board of Education case. This case is considered a landmark decision, mainly because it tied the Establishment…

The tragedy known as the Holocaust was the systematic murder of 6 million Jews (Strahinich 7). However, not only Jews were ruthlessly murdered by the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazi Party. Approximately 5 million gypsies, handicapped people, Soviets, homosexuals, Slavs, and anyone deemed sub-human by the Nazi regime also perished in the Holocaust (Strahinich 8). The Holocaust took place mainly in Germany and its annexed countries like Poland, but it was present in…

In the introductory paragraphs of the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child the statement is made that – ‘the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding’. Children who come to commit gross human rights violations are often victims of socio-economic conditions that negatively contribute to the level of parental care they receive as infants. These…

Recent high profile attacks carried out by homegrown jihadists, such as Zale Thompson, a Muslim convert who attacked two New York City police officers with a hatchet, have many within the United States Government concerned. In a speech at the National Defense University, President Barack Obama stated, “[W]e face a real threat from radicalized individuals here in the United States…often U.S. Citizens or legal residents [who] can do enormous damage, particularly when they are inspired by larger…