Oligarchy

Theologians describe theology as the study of the nature and science of God. Liberation theology finds that faith is indivisible from impoverished communities, which represents a majority of Latin America. For such a theology, Gustavo Gutierrez points out the important question, “How is it possible to tell the poor, who are forced to live in conditions that embody a denial of love, that God loves them?” By being aware of present situations and questioning the system, showing others love through…

TITLE: The comparison of strategic, and operational aspects, employed by both the Carthage and Roman Republic during the Punic Wars. INTRODUCTION: During the time period 225-202 BC, the naval, and land forces of the Punic Empire, clashed with a growing powers of the Roman Republic, for the domination of the Western Mediterranean, which was a turning point in the history of Western World. The roman Republic defeated its greatest rival Carthage. This event set the stage for the Rome’s 600 years…

In Montgomery, Alabama, 1963, Governor George Wallace made an Inauguration speech to the political figures and citizens listening to explain why the government is abusing their power, how to stand against the tyranny, and what he wants America to be like. Additionally, he includes comments about separation segregation between races. By using dramatic pauses, wrathful, accusing tone and diction, and religious appeal, along with frequent gestures to the audience, he inspired the south and…

Recently, the world has seen an increase in uprisings against what many westerners view as “wrong.” While the concept of “wrong” is subjunctive and dependent upon which culture one was raised, there is no denying that the western influences have had a hand in several of these protests. For example, in the past month, we have seen Hong Kong students rise against, what they call, the unfairness of the Chinese government. China’s refusal to allow Hong Kong to be autonomous in deciding its leaders…

Both texts are effectively able to present a dystopian vision of life in a society based on inequality and conformity and are heavily influenced by their respective contexts to help the composers shape their visions of the future. George Orwell’s satirical presentation of power in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is far more bleak and shows the extreme physical and psychological control of the masses and is able to present a pessimistic future for humanity to a great extent. However, Fritz Lang…

There Is Only Power Everything is black and white. There are no colors, not even shades in between. There are no blurred lines, no confusion, or question of what is and is not. Only what is known exists. Anything beyond that is not of import. All decisions are made, orders are given and they should be followed to the letter without hesitation. Loyalty only belongs to those who are in charge. There is an assembly of people, one behind another, behind another, behind another. In front marches the…

Conservatives, unlike Democrats claim that Reich’s book, Saving Capitalism, should not be taken seriously because it is inaccurate, goes against the free market and is based on socialism. In the United States, the candidate, Bernie Sanders addresses capitalism and the free market with strong comments that are a parallel to Robert Reich. With tax rates for the rich at an all time low in history, massive tax breaks and tax loopholes for corporations, the middle class has been ousted from their own…

lending out credits, the banks are getting greatly involved and are merging with the industry controlling large swathes of the economy and this is created through the fusion of industrial and financial capital leading to a creating of financial oligarchy. There were some indicators that Lenin used to measure his second characteristics of imperialism that was dominance of finance capital. They were development of the percentage of total deposits controlled by banks of a certain size (measured by…

The ideal form of the rule of one that he gives us is called a Monarchy, while the perverted form is Tyranny. A Monarchy is ruled by a King or a Queen. The ideal form of the rule of a few is Aristocracy, while the perverted form is Oligarchy. The rulers of this form of government are called aristocrats. The ideal form for the rule of many is Polity, while the perverted form is Democracy. For Aristotle, all the ideal forms of government would only work if the ruler or rulers would do…

The next analyzed for this study is the biography that was approved by Lili’uokalani’s Hanai daughter, Lydia, and written in 1982 by Helen G. Allen, The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii 1838-1917. Allen’s text builds upon the autobiography because it also utilizes diaries and other personal papers of Lili’uokalani and it expands of Lili’uokalani’s life past the end date of the autobiography. With that said, this biography must be strictly analyzed because Allen utilized sources…