Politician

it is better to be loved than feared as the latter can be a detriment to the individuals within a society. The universal consequence of being feared, in politics, is that it can lead to revolts and cause anarchy, which in turn is adverse for the politicians themselves. The effects of being feared in politics is explicit in various texts and text forms that have been written by many authors influenced by their historical context. This includes George Orwell’s satirical novel Animal Farm and…

Studying the Cold War is a monumental and often confusing task due to the various countries, politicians, wars, and foreign policies involved. Furthermore, Historians will find little assistance from dense textbooks or find it nearly impossible to track and incorporate the mandatory primary sources to develop his own sense of the Cold War. Luckily, David S. Painter’s text The Cold War: An International History provides an accurate and compact overview of the Cold War through a holistic…

childhood or trained as an adult in order to become a citizen of the U.S. You must be able to state the beliefs written on those documents convincingly or you do not conform and may not be a true patriot. This is what are media tells the politicians, and so those politicians do just that. Mark Twain’s essay, As Regard Patriotism says “There is nothing that training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach or below it. It can turn bad morals to good, good morals to bad; it can destroy principles,…

At the time of his address, Obama was an unrecognizable politician for the majority of Americans. Viewed as a young man with tremendous potential in political circles, his name was not yet widespread across the nation. “A skinny kid with a funny name” is how he aptly described his American perception. Thus, it…

shouldn’t think the politicians are immoral and simply bad for lying. A good Politician in machiavelli’s view is not one that is friendly and kind. It is someone, however dark they might be, knows how to defend, enrich, and bring honor to the state. Being nice may well be a virtue in general, but what citizens most need from their rulers is effectiveness. Once this basic requirement is understood, people stand to be less disappointed and clearer about what they want from our politicians.…

America the land of the free and the home of the brave! America, as described and viewed both socially and politically is, in terms, a growing land of opportunity, a land of many peoples and immigrants, a country that proudly boasts of its freedoms. To many, America is a nation that was primarily founded on religion; to others, on freedom from religion. Whatever the argument may be to this day, America’s first amendment and freedom of religion is one of the most important, yet controversial…

shape public policy in Canada by creating a more equal society for the LGBT community and by extension Canadians at large. For past LGBT activists, equality meant recognition of their lifestyle instead of fear or hostility, it also meant pressuring politicians, organizations and other prominent leaders to adapt and promote non-discriminatory policies which would create less obstacles for LGBT members and welcome them into the public sphere. In recent decades, the mass mobilization of groups has…

known for being incredibly nice people and if not somewhat a boring country as a whole. Are reputation to the world was slightly tainted by the infamous mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. Rob Ford is probably one of the most interesting and controversial politicians that Canada, and even the whole world has ever seen. Rob Ford has greatly affected and changed the way that Canadians and many people around the world view Canada. He has altered the reputation of Canada by showing the world for the first…

One of the most compelling pieces of anecdotal evidence Hofstadter utilizes in his essay revolves around the concept of McCarthyism. Through the examination of Senator Joseph McCarthy, Hofstadter emphasizes how politicians release fear into vulnerable populations in order to gain attention and power. In the case of Senator McCarthy, the widespread panic of communist ideologies emerged first through the United States icey relationships with the Soviet Union, but became…

Energy Crisis Sociological Analysis The energy crisis is obviously a huge issue and should be addressed as such. However, this complex crisis is one that can be broken down and exemplifies many key elements in sociology. Throughout the documentary, a good portion of the theories from the great sociological theorists are also displayed. To the average person the documentary would just be information about how people should save energy and be more aware of what is happening in the environment.…