Political faction

proxy war impacts the coalition between the US and Russia, the affiliation with Syria and dealings amongst middle eastern countries; continual involvement or lack thereof, will result in a worldwide battle or place the US in perilous economic and political positions dependent upon whom we remain loyal and whom we concurrently forsake. How Will the Syrian War End? Generally, proxy wars are desirable…

As we have established in class, these papers were the staple of Western political thought and emphasized constitutional democracy and federalism. In Federalist #10, Madison stated that, “Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.” What this means is that there are two methods to cure the factions and they are by removing ones causes and controlling the effects of the other. He believed that liberty was essential…

The Republicans and Democrats are the major political parties of the United States of America. While they both have some similarities, though few and far between, they are far more different than they are alike. The Republicans are more conservative than liberal, and thus have more traditional views on many issues facing society today, such as abortion, crime, drugs, the economy, gay rights, gun control, health care, immigration, and social security. Republicans tend to believe that everyone is…

Political parties are common view of shady backroom dealing. Political party gains control of government through elections, and it is important because it links others, including citizens, businesses, issues, etc. According to the slideshows, political party is defined as the broad based coalition of interests whose parity purpose is to win elections. Functions of political parties are nominate and elect officials to public office, simplify issues to help citizens make better decisions, motivate…

In his Republic, Plato makes the claim that “only philosophy can save us” (Book V, 573d). Thousands of years later, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America. Many scholars summarize his beliefs as, “only institutions can save us”, a direct repudiation of Plato. In this paper, I will show that, in fact, Plato’s philosophy is embedded in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, specifically revolving around the preference for community and collectivism rather than private gain. In the Republic,…

There are many ideas on how to govern the people, which Hobbes, Nietzsche, and Madison wrote about. Also not just how to govern, but how it relates to nature, the morals, and methods to solve arguments or “factions” among the people. Either the minority groups or majority groups, which Nietzsche consider as the “noble” and “slave.” Hobbes believed in absolute power, because if the people or subject makes their own exclusive judgement of right and wrong based on their moral sense, these will lead…

Inclusion is defined by five features, which if applied correctly in the communities of racial minorities would properly include them in political and legal representation. Racial minorities should mobilize themselves through the institutions such as the church, vote for representatives similar to themselves in descriptive form which they can hold accountable, and assess the factors necessary to achieve the highest levels of democratic inclusion. Inclusion is defined by a “full access to…

Michel Foucault claimed, ‘Political theory has never ceased to be obsessed with the person of the sovereign’ (Foucault and Gordon, 1980). In saying this, he critiques Western political thought for the focus scholars have collectively held on sovereign power, or the ‘macro-level’ consisting of governmental figures and institutions in formal power over a nation-state. In The Politics of Truth he elaborates: It seems to me that there has been in the modern Western world … a certain way of thinking…

Ted Cruz. Or Nancy Pelosi living under the same roof as Paul Ryan. The difference between then and now, is it was more House of Representatives being seen as lesser than the Senate. It became, frat house verses frat house, instead of political party verses political party. The most amazing part, these people were extremely loyal to their houses (much like the houses at Hogwarts). There was one portion were the author describes a violation of an agreement, “When the election was over, as I was…

However, both arguments ignore the fact that the system was created to be inefficient. While frustrating, government inaction and political gridlock prevents a tyranny of the majority. If the government followed every will and whim of the people, the country would be in a worse state than now. The Founding Fathers built the system of government to be inefficient, so that no one group’s…