Oligarchy

As long as the human race, the systems that govern it, and the ideas produced by it have evolved over time, so has the ideas of liberty and freedom. Intelligent minds continue to debate the topic, and great philosophers of different ages did the same. Take Niccolo Machiavelli, an atheist man whom used satire to criticize the structure of the Republic of Florence in the Italian Renaissance. Machiavelli stood as one who believed that government stood as the mechanism to ensure liberty in some…

America, “The Land of the Free”. Free from prejudice? Yes. Prejudice is the biggest factor contributing to civil liberty issues. The civil liberty issues of the past have been resolved through dedication, trust and the hard work of many men and women. Americans have been able to overcome prejudice due to their dedication for equality. Susan B Anthony said that when she tried to vote, she was legally charged with a crime because she had no "lawful right to vote" (Anthony 1). Susan B Anthony used…

John Lock Locke on the law of nature rests ultimately on God’s will; but reason discovers it is not distinctive; his language to suggest some kind of distinctive “summons in the hearts of all mankind” the various exponents disagree on just what the law of nature is except that it take for granted the brotherhood of man and human benevolence. In a state of nature Locke holds that all men are bound to preserve peace, preserve mankind, and abstain from hurting one another differs radically from…

The Hunger Games is a book and blockbuster movie set in the dystopian country of Panem where people are oppressed by a corrupt oligarchy; it is the future Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer truly feared. As two prominent members of the Frankfort School, a group of scholars who fled Nazi Germany for the United States in the 1930s to escape persecution for their Marxist philosophies and their Jewish religion, Adorno and Horkheimer were primarily concerned with how mass culture through monopoly…

Ephesians; Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians Ephesians is the tenth book of the new testament. It is also the fifth letter Paul wrote to various groups of people. It is an intense, in depth letter about how important the church is for the christian faith. Paul was targeting the Gentiles and Jews to bring their beliefs and differences together. It is highly debated as well if Paul actually wrote this letter or was it an imitator. The importance that Paul chose to write this letter to Ephesus, was…

Financial Crisis The global economy has adopted many different international monetary structures to stabilize economies. States struggle to decide between a combination of two of three major monetary objectives - capital mobility, fixed exchange rates, and sovereign monetary policy. The global economy has adopted several forms in recent history, however, these structures have been conducive to financial crises. The collapse of the Gold Standard, the Interwar Period, the collapse of the…

Austin Groshens Ben Beshwate HIST 103- Western Civilization I: Exam 1 28 September 2017 Section Two: Essay One The Greek city states of Athens and Sparta have many similarities and differences. Due to the geography of Greece each poleis developed differently. Athens became the center of intelligence and Sparta became the center of military might. Both greatly influenced western civilization. Athens brought science, math and art to the world while Sparta left great impact on military…

George Orwell’s 1984 depicts a futuristic society in which government and technology evolve and create a oligarchical utopian society equipt with a figurehead, Big Brother. As the top tier of a strict class system, the Inner Party uses Big Brother’s persona to enforce mechanisms used to maintain power and influence. Any distinction of an individual most likely will lead to his/her condemnation and vaporization, in which the individual is erased from official documentation and ceases to exist.…

Colombia has 32 states and is the fourth largest city in South America. There are mountains almost everywhere in the country, but especially where the Amazons river, known as the greatest river on the earth, is located. Spanish is the language spoken in Colombia. The United States has 50 states. This country is located in North America. The mountains are found in some states, but especially in the ones located on the north part of the country. Those differences in geography are reflected in the…

proposed that people should be the primary source of power thus preventing a tyrannical majority. Conversely, the Anti-Federalists saw the government the Federalists were proposing as being too far removed from the American people to represent an oligarchy. As such, Richard Henry saw the government of the few as being the worst form of government. There were vast and complex differences between the views of the Federalists and the Antifederalists. One would describe the beliefs of the…