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    companies for their failure to take care. To take care. The Royal Commission’s report, all 8000 pages, had not made a difference to him. Not to Sandy. Not to the other widows and orphans. The 35 men stayed dead. In some ways the Commission’s pronouncement: Error begat error, was for Antonello a trivializing of the collapse. The companies hadn’t paid enough attention, given enough thought, and lives, workers lives had been lost. Working class men, most of them, like the ones they sent to Vietnam, to Gallipoli, dispensable. But that was past, dealt with, now it was time to move forward, and the bridge could be finished. Events moved with all the inevitability of a Greek tragedy Antonello remembered reading those words, a Greek tragedy? May be life was a Greek tragedy; the ending was not going to be happy, humans beings, a sport for the Gods. Would it have mattered if the companies, the company directors had been apologetic? If they had been remorseful? If they had come to the funerals and begged the widows, the parents, the children for forgiveness? If they had offered to look after the families? Kept the survivors on the payroll instead of sacking them within days of the collapse,…

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    prologue of his novel, “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed”, explores the demise of communities throughout history and how such a thing could occur. He believes, as can be inferred from the title of the book, that societies primarily fail as a result of the decisions they make in response to other issues. In the prologue, “A Tale of Two Farms”, Diamond presents his definition of a collapse, his framework for analyzing a collapse, and how he compares the stories of societies…

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    In the documentary film Collapse (2009) by Michael Ruppert, he explains how human civilization is heading more and more to our own doomsday. Michael Ruppert is considered a conspiracy theorist. He gives a very detailed explanation about how we have reached our peak in almost all of our recourses. As a matter of fact, he states several times that we are running out of oil in our society which will bring a collapse to us worldwide since we depend on it so much. Also, we are running out of money…

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    Manifesto in 1848, his work has sparked a variety of reactions and debates around the world. Deemed as one of the most influential and still relevant pieces of political propaganda today, the Communist Manifesto inspired nation building and affected social, political, and economic policies throughout the world. The Communist Manifesto outlined Marx’s vision of a socialist society, where everyone was equal, class hierarchies were abolished, private property was eliminated, and wealth was…

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    property. Karl Marx (1818–1883), a German philosopher who was skilled in economics, law, theology and literature, was a revolutionary socialist who believed in the abolishment of private property. Unlike free market capitalism, socialist governments maintain control over the production and distribution of goods, attempting to ensure economic equality for its citizens. Two different men, two different centuries, with opposing points of view who continue to influence today’s economic thoughts. …

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    Communism ended because of the presidency of Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989. By defending communism Ronald Reagan ended one of history's most violent centuries. In his foreign policy, at any rate, he turned out to be one of the two or three most effective American presidents of the 20th century. It was hard to imagine that this would happen when he was elected in 1980. He accomplished a lot of hills during his life. Ronald Reagan was re-elected as President with the largest electoral college…

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    The Clash Of Civilization

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    Enrique Dussel, in his work The Culture of Globalization sees the exact division of Eurocentric and planetary paradigms which arose in 15th and 16th centuries. Later, Fanon finds that all national liberations turn out into violence. Returning to Huntington’s ideas if there is clash of civilizations and would it base on religion, I want to remind you the prediction of Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian psychic. She predicted in 1989, that on Earth would be wars between Islam and Christianity, and finally…

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    Pacific Norms Katzenstein and Okawara are constructivists. Constructivists believe that domestic normative context rather than international factors impact the decisions made by foreign policy ministers. Katzenstein and Okawara believe the normative structure and social context of Japan will prevent Japan from remilitarizing. The collapse of the Soviet Union put Japan’s role on the international stage in question and there was anxiety concerning Japan’s future willingness to use the military…

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    Ronald Reagan Ideology

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    Policy Brought Down the Soviet Union The 1980s was a pivotal era in world history. After decades of America’s failed containment policies which strengthened and helped spread Communism across the globe, a change in direction was desperately needed. Ronald Reagan fundamentally shifted American foreign policy as president, which in turn, greatly influenced the collapse of the “evil empire” by the early nineties. Although the Reagan Administration did not live to see the collapse of Soviet…

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    Frye’s journal observes how breakup of state creates citizenship issues where the citizens are moved to the “fringe of society” by having their social and political rights revoked. Frye’s observation supports my argument because it clearly defines why state breakups should be avoided since they create major problems, such as a lack of simple citizenship rights. Majority in former Soviet states believe breakup was harmful mistake – poll. (2013, December 21). Retrieved October 9, 2015. This news…

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