Power gain

Intelligence is not always used to lead justly, it is sometimes used to deceive and gain power. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell tells the tale of how the animals on Animal Farm rebel against human control and create their own independent society. Unfortunately, the pigs that are led by Napoleon, a pig involved in the politics of the farm, deceive the other animals to gain leadership on Animal Farm. Moreover, this is done by seemingly manipulating the past, present and future events.…

How much control does the government really have? And what do they do to keep themselves in power? The answers to these questions are shown through George Orwell’s main character Winston Smith, in Orwell’s novel, 1984. Winston Smith’s character shows how easily one can be manipulated by a dominating power, how human instinct can influence one’s decisions and actions and how the face value of something is not always true. As Winston changes throughout the novel, his actions, opinions, and…

When in power, revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, was forced to modify his ideals with an aim to appeal to the Russian public, fix the damaged society and economy, and stay in power. The Bolshevik government, led by Vladimir Lenin, was determined to achieve power in 1917 Russia due to the incompetence and ineptitude of the Provisional Government. The Russian people resented the lack of change, therefore in April 1917, Lenin disturbed the opposition to the Government by creating a set of promises and…

the government. Their government in early 1980s was dictatorships, and they were corrupted. Against dictatorship, Argentineans prised the authoritarians from power and established new administrations. However, the new government also has been corrupted. Their economy was ruined by repeated corruption. The new government has given special powers to ministries. Legal protection always favored the conglomerates. State-owned businesses were privatized, and the government betrayed the national…

Using a Cash Merger to Acquire Minority Shares If the majority shareholders want to buy the shares of the minority shareholders, but it is not feasible to negotiate a separate transaction with each minority shareholder, the following “cash merger” should be considered: a) the majority shareholder(s) of Target form a new corporation “Newco” to which they contribute their Target shares. b) the majority shareholders arrange for the merger of Target into Newco. In the merger, Newco’s name is change…

made on the remaining section of the property, but Brodnax and his partner did not sell. The court found the initial intent of Brodnax purchasing the land and the fact that he refused to sell a portion a significant factor in favor of the capital gains treatment. In Ted’s case his intentions were similar to the Brodnax case. Ted wanted to hold the property until its value increased due to the ski resort becoming world class. Ted held his property longer than Brodnax held his property. These…

the Turtle, How do people gain power? In this story there was a power thirsty turtle. This turtle’s name was Yertle. Yertle believed that he was the king over everything he could see. The way he achieved his power was by stacking up on his fellow turtles. Eventually the turtles on the bottom had grown tired. Next one belch from the bottom turtle had thrown Yertle right off his high throne. Now the turtles have no king and live freely. The Bet, How does money influence power? While reading this…

Since I was very young my family has always encouraged a thin body size as the “healthy” body. I remember, we always had very traditional family dinners with a meat, carb, and many vegetables and we were not allowed to leave the table until our vegetables and salads were finished. After dinner, we typically took walks around the golf course, played soccer or basketball, or swam. Nothing about this appeared to me as anything out of the ordinary or even an encouragement to be fit and thin. I had…

It is said that a capital gain or loss has been got by viewing the difference that exists on final price of that capital and that of its base price. If a capital asset is sold at a price that is higher than its buying price. Some of the examples of capital assets include homes, businesses and other collectibles. Capital gains tax is that is levied on the income from capital gain (US Tax Reform Act of 1986). In America, those who benefit most from the rates of capital gain tax are the wealthy…

Africans could increase dominance in their tribes meanwhile the Portuguese, Spanish, British, and Dutch can benefit in labor. Obviously, with this kind of firepower in which only the elite can obtain, it would only increase the desire to gain more power. This kind of power…