diff --git a/UNB/Year 5/Semester 1/HIST1451/In class notes.md b/UNB/Year 5/Semester 1/HIST1451/In class notes.md index 6e360bd..a1decee 100644 --- a/UNB/Year 5/Semester 1/HIST1451/In class notes.md +++ b/UNB/Year 5/Semester 1/HIST1451/In class notes.md @@ -40,4 +40,71 @@ - Became a part of american liberalism philosophy - Governments exist not because of divine intervention but rather to protect the rights of individuals - Americans did not refer to themselves this way, but was later applied in the 20th century to describe early american ideology -- \ No newline at end of file +- Laissez Faire Liberalism + - Turn of the 1890s century til mid 1930s + - Social Darwinism + - Government should not interfere in the lives of the people or in industry + - No social nets + - If misfortune found you it was probably your fault + - If you were a captain of industry you were doing something right and should be rewarded + - Turn of the Century + - Industrialization, urbanization, and immigration + - Rise of progressives, with the notion of order, control and progress +- 20th Century Liberalism + - New Deal liberalism + - State over the individual + - Equality + - Focus on progress. Making ourselves and society better. We can get better + - The government has an important role to play in improving society + - Values diversity +## Progressive-ism +- 20th Century Progressivism + - 1900-1920 + - Progressive era + - Social reform movement + - Both Democrats and Republican. Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson + - COP = Control, Order, Progress + - Child Labor Laws, Food safety +- 21st Century Progressivism + - 2000s + - Leftist Democrats + - Congressional Progressive caucus founded 1991 + - "Medicare for all" + - Dead with economic hardships "living wage" + - Civil service reform, food safety, rights for women and US workers, climate change, Humane immigration policies +## Conservatism +- The word (and human kind) is flawed. It will always be so +- Society should be governed by natural laws and ones conscience +- Tradition and hierarchy are important +- Government exist to protect individual freedoms +- Economic freedom is an extension of individual freedom +- Taking the constitution literally, at face value +## Libertarian-ism +- Similar to conservatism (fiscal conservatism) +- But socially liberal +- Liberty is the core principle +- Maximize political freedom +- Skeptical of the authority of state power +## Capitalism +- Economic Indivudialism +- Private ownership of the means of production (business) and capital (banks, land, property) +- Low levels of taxation and regulation +- Unfettered competition. No subsidies, ballots or protectionism +- Free flow of goods, services and capital both domestically and internationally +- GNP - Gross national product, includes GDP +## Fascism (Right) +- Authoritarianism that relies on dictatorial power +- One party dictatorship +- It holds that opposition should be forcibly suppressed +- The strong regimentation of the economy +- The government controls all aspects of behavior. Social regimentation +## Trump-ism: The philosophy espoused by Donald Trump +- Authoritarian +- National: America first (make america great again) +- Traditional: Reliance on old industries - coal, steel, farming +- Hierarchical (race and gender) +- Populist (anti-elitist, sort of) +- Anti-immigrant +- Cuts taxes, opposes free trade +- Opposes government regulation +- Anti-abortion (sort of)