Libertarian

“It is absurd and unjust that young Americans can vote, marry, enter contracts and serve in the military at 18 but cannot buy an alcoholic drink in a bar or restaurant.” A statement made by Camille Paglia in Its Time to Let Teenagers Drink Again. Although this article was well written and made some good point I have to disagree with the statements made by Paglia for three main reasons. One being her lack of connection to the issue bring big weakness to her argument and second that this article…

Johnathan Haidt is a Professor of Ethical Leadership and social psychologist at NYU’s Stern School of Business. He wrote the book, The Righteous Mind to “at least do what we can to understand why we are so easily divided into hostile groups, each one certain of its righteousness.” He states: “My goal in this book is to drain some of the heat, anger, and divisiveness out of these topics and replace them with awe, wonder, and curiosity.” In light of America’s increasingly unreasonable political…

'1984' forms the title for a 1949 novel by George Orwell. The novel, set in the province of Oceania depicts dystopia in theme and is packed witch culturally significant predictive lessons to the current and future generation. Dystopias pose the worst-case scenarios to everyday life, therefore, criticizing current trends, societal norms, and political systems. '1984' is set in a futuristic environment. '1984' depicts a world with endless war, vigilant surveillance, and opportunistic political…

When I look back, I do not see anything of importance. Only useless. Unnecessary people, useless experiences and useless ideas. And now when a moralist comes and tells me that there are no useless experiences and experiences, then I reply, it is very well, I have experienced it. But while it is still possible to gain something from such useless experiences, even if it is so little, useless people are the truly useless thing that comes to my mind. Not only are they themselves useless, but they…

Why then does the American government show such little responsibility with the great power they possess? The concept of freedom has been a contested subject for ages in the United States. It has assumed various meaning during the different stages of the American history. Mass surveillance has become a tool of political domination. However, technologies being used to monitor people. During the era of the founding fathers, it stood for liberation from political authoritarianism. Freedom in the…

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,…

Eric Arthur Blair, more popularly known by his pen name, George Orwell; wrote more than 14 very popular books, with more than 30 million of some being sold. His influence can be seen in society and culture in many ways today (David Rooney, 2017). “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear” accurately reflects Blair’s mindset and reasoning behind writing. In his writing, he takes an uncommon perspective, and shows the dangers of…

Throughout the course of this semester, our political parties course covered a variety of topics. Additionally, the class took part in numerous polls, including our individual political affiliation. One finding that I particularly found interesting was that no one in the class really identified themselves as a true independent. Even though some students were more drawn to one party or the other, several students also identified themselves as weakly tied to their specific party. In class, we…

LEGACY OF RECONSTRUCTION President Andrew Johnson had announced a plan for reconstructing the rights by introducing two new bills that would change the American constitution forever, and these three amendments also stand in terms of legacy due to the benefits that the provided to the newly formed democratic system after the end of the civil war. In Johnson 's view, the southern states had never surrendered their entitlement to represent themselves, and the national government had no privilege to…

History2 Nazi Germany was a greater horror than Stalinist USSR Introduction Back in the 19th century, Germany was under the control of dictators. Adolf Hitler is believed to have controlled Germany from 1935 to 1945. Over this period the country was regarded Nazi Germany. Stalinist on the other hand ruled the Eurasian continent under the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991. In his reign Stalinist embraced socialism in lead the state. Despite their vast ruling approaches, similarities and…