Politics of Indonesia

In Pixar’s first feature film Toy Story, Sid Phillips represents pure evil. Described by Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear as the neighborhood toy torturer, Sid explodes and decapitates random toys for entertainment. After Buzz finds himself trapped in Sid’s bedroom following a misunderstanding at Pizza Planet, Woody organizes an elaborate scheme to rescue Buzz from this unescapable dungeon. In Lise Birk Pedersen’s documentary Putin’s Kiss, journalist Oleg Kashin describes Nashi — the…

Italian Renaissance, is often referred to as the founder of modern political science. Machiavelli 's cynical approach to ruling and politics even gave birth to a special term used when a ruling parties employ his worldview – Machiavellian-ism. This style of politics is known for being opposing what some refer to as the “ideal” form of ruling and emphasizes a “politics of reality” in which ethics are secondary to results and function (Machiavelli, The Prince, 79). This paper will explain in…

Polarization of Political Views Now that the 2016 Presidential Campaign has concluded, did mainstream media polarize the American people? The answer is a very obvious yes. When it comes to the topic of the media and politics, most of us will readily agree that mainstream media has significantly polarized our political perception. Overtime, mainstream media has become increasingly popular. The internet introduced us to a vast amount of political news articles and social networking websites.…

The current state of this year’s presidential campaign is chaotic. There are a loot of US citizens who do not know who they are going to vote for. Some people are even voting for the presidential candidate that is opposite of their political party. Whoever people vote for, being correctly informed is the most important thing when considering a political candidate. In the age of the internet, there are millions of pieces of information available to anybody. However, not everything on the internet…

the education we giving to our children. Children in the United States go to school from the age of five till about the age of eighteen to learn basic life educational skills. However, when it comes to education in politics the majority of the United States lacks knowledge on politics. Being that the United States is a democracy, members of the country fail to use their right to vote in the elections that mater. The major reason why the millennial’s are uneducated…

With the presidential elections coming up in November, students at Saint Michael’s have different views on who should be the next the President. In order to assess where students stand politically and how robust the conversation about politics on campus is, a few interviews were conducted of both students and faculty about how Trump supporters feel expressing their views on campus. Trump supporters at Saint Michael’s usually don 't feel comfortable expressing their political beliefs on campus.…

because without it they would be living in a society of ‘bellum omnium contra omnes’ (Oxford Reference, 2008) which translated to a war of all against all, much like the English Civil War which Hobbes was writing after. ‘For Hobbes, the purpose of politics is to escape war. As such, he insists that in order to establish a democratic political order, all individuals need to hand over their will to a single point of ultimate authority’ (Field, 2015). Due to their beliefs on human nature, Hobbes…

How often does one question the intention of Singapore government's intention in intervening with our personal life? Government intervention is when the government regulates and intervenes with various activities and decisions of a individual in the society through policies or campaigns that can influence people. This essay will reason why government intervention with personal relationships, choices and interest will benefit the society as a whole. Firstly, the government's intervention with…

Clinton. Discouraging people to vote for Hillary Clinton was the intent behind the film and thus, it needed to follow the Federal Election Commission’s regulations on advertisements. According to Cassandra Gurrola with a Bachelor 's in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Claremont McKenna College, “the film was ‘publicly distributed’ within 30 days of a primary election and was considered to be an ‘electioneering communication’ that was financed from the general treasury of a corporation”…

When James Madison outlines the dangers of faction in Federalist No. 10, he defines faction as “a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united...by some common...interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens.” 1 This wording is critical for examining both the goals and pivotal ideas of the federalist movement. At first glance, this definition seems to reflect the very real fear of mob uprising. Certainly, it’s tone insinuates an image of mob…