# Systems ## Ideology - In the mid 20th century, it was thought ideology was a circle - This idea has been challenged and is no longer the consensus ## Culture - A set of principles, ideas, attitudes, or values that are commonly held but not integrated into a formal system of thought ## Differences between ideology and cultural **Ideological**: Che Guevara t-shirt with Obama poster styling **Cultural**: Che Guevara red t-shirt # Political Culture | Conservatives | Liberals | | ---- | ---- | | Hyper individualism | Communtarian | | Materialsm | Motivated by factors other than economics | | Compettion | Group motivated | | Suspicion of others | Belief in progress - moving forward | | Live for the moment or highlight the past | Egalitarian | | Hierarchy | | # Ideologies ## Communism (Left) - Classless, stateless, money-less communal living - Common ownership of the means of production ## Socialism - Economic system where the means of production, capital, and agriculture are owned by the State - Strict limits of private enterprises, limited accumulation of wealth, work together to provide a high degree of income equality ## Social Democrat (Big in United States) - Highlights the importance of the democracy in moving forward a socialist state - Believes in a highly regulated and heavily taxed private enterprise but they do not want the sate to own banks or make cars - Wealthy should pay more taxes - Free college education - Medicate for all ## Liberalism - 19th Century Liberalism - The first term to appear in west European politics in the 19th century - Used to describe a representative government with a free market - John Locke: The three principles - Individualism - Equality - Property - 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 -