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    The Pursuit Of Wealth

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    countries. Not long ago, some African countries were under dictatorship who were in charge of the country’s economy. After the people in those countries revolted and succeeded in bringing those dictatorship government down, the price of those revolutions are still not yielding much hope as the people has expected. The democratic representatives the people of those countries have elected are mostly the same people who worked for those dictatorship rulers who were tumbled out of power. The new…

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    Corruption, as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, is “dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people.” This dishonest or illegal behavior is usually categorized as an abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It corrodes the relationship between a ruler and their subjects. This dishonest or illegal behavior begins to occur when rulers make anti-social actions that have a lack of respect for other people’s perspectives and their morals, therefore acting in their own…

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    "The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it." This quote sums up exactly what went wrong with the revolution on Animal Farm, as Old Major provided the animals with a picture of a utopian world where every animal was to work to his capability, and still never go hungry, and enjoy luxuries that were never even thought of with Jones on the farm. But when the revolution became a…

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    When looking at history, dictators and dictatorship have played a large role in controlling the desires of those they dominate, in such areas as religion and freedom of speech. An obvious example would be Adolph Hitler, who committed mass genocide on over 11 million “undesirables” such as Jews, the handicapped, and the gay, regardless of age or gender. Further, there were 50-70 million other lives taken in World War II, which Hitler started. Another brutal dictator was Saloth Sar, or as he was…

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    Dealing With a Dictator, Scott Anderson, February 12, 2016. In the Documentary “Dealing with a Dictator” directed by Scott Anderson the film conveys the issues faced by the Canadian Company Nevsun while creating a mine in Eritrea. The Canadian company was reached to be the one to build a mine in Eritrea because of the large potential of money that could be able to earn through the creation of a mine. After some years of thinking the company decided it would start to work on the mine and make…

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    Dictatorship is a form of government where only a political party or a person has power over the state or the country. Dictators use techniques such as propaganda to maintain and increase their power and to convince others to support them. Constitutional, communist, counter revolutionary, fascist, constitutional, communist religious dictatorships and family-based dictatorships were some types of dictatorships described during the two worldwars.There had been many countries under dictators during…

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    His father immigrated to this country, and he was born out of wedlock. This man was educated and had a degree to be a lawyer before he became interested in ruling this nation. He is recognized for establishing one of the world 's longest-running dictatorships, and he was a captivating leader in the early ’60. He later converted his rule into a sophisticated cult which he used to brutalize the people of his nation. This was a constant feeling among anyone who…

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    What is a dystopian society? Well first you should know what a utopia is, a utopia is a society where everything is perfect and everyone is happy, nothing should be corrupt. A dystopia is the exact opposite, nothing is perfect and the government is corrupt. In a dystopian society, everyone living there oblivious to everything going on in front of their eyes. I wonder if we are all living in a dystopian society. One pretty well known dystopian society is Nazi Germany. That's the question you’ve…

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    Government Power In 1984

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    Bill Gates said "So, if we lie to our government, it’s a felony. But if they lie to us its politics." The government lying is very commonly shown throughout the novel 1984 written by George Orwell and it also happens quite commonly in our world today. After reading 1984 it really made me think about ho the government uses its power to control us, what we do and what we believe. As a result I have decided to focus my enquiry on the idea of are our democratic governments right and justified in…

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    Totalitarian Government

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    Over the years, governments all around the world have witnessed many changes. Some democratic states have become communist, and some communist states became democratic. As time passed many new leaders were introduced, that believed in different ways of running a government. Some were seen as extremists, while others were seen as fair. Totalitarian leaders were extremist. Leaders like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Rafael Trujillo, Benito Mussolini resorted to violent and extreme actions to run…

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