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Markdown
111 lines
4.7 KiB
Markdown
# Systems
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## Ideology
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- In the mid 20th century, it was thought ideology was a circle
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- This idea has been challenged and is no longer the consensus
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## Culture
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- A set of principles, ideas, attitudes, or values that are commonly held but not integrated into a formal system of thought
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## Differences between ideology and cultural
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**Ideological**: Che Guevara t-shirt with Obama poster styling
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**Cultural**: Che Guevara red t-shirt
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# Political Culture
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| Conservatives | Liberals |
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| ---- | ---- |
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| Hyper individualism | Communtarian |
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| Materialsm | Motivated by factors other than economics |
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| Compettion | Group motivated |
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| Suspicion of others | Belief in progress - moving forward |
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| Live for the moment or highlight the past | Egalitarian |
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| Hierarchy | |
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# Ideologies
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## Communism (Left)
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- Classless, stateless, money-less communal living
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- Common ownership of the means of production
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## Socialism
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- Economic system where the means of production, capital, and agriculture are owned by the State
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- Strict limits of private enterprises, limited accumulation of wealth, work together to provide a high degree of income equality
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## Social Democrat (Big in United States)
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- Highlights the importance of the democracy in moving forward a socialist state
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- Believes in a highly regulated and heavily taxed private enterprise but they do not want the sate to own banks or make cars
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- Wealthy should pay more taxes
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- Free college education
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- Medicate for all
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## Liberalism
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- 19th Century Liberalism
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- The first term to appear in west European politics in the 19th century
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- Used to describe a representative government with a free market
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- John Locke: The three principles
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- Individualism
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- Equality
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- Property
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- Became a part of american liberalism philosophy
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- Governments exist not because of divine intervention but rather to protect the rights of individuals
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- Americans did not refer to themselves this way, but was later applied in the 20th century to describe early american ideology
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- Laissez Faire Liberalism
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- Turn of the 1890s century til mid 1930s
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- Social Darwinism
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- Government should not interfere in the lives of the people or in industry
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- No social nets
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- If misfortune found you it was probably your fault
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- If you were a captain of industry you were doing something right and should be rewarded
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- Turn of the Century
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- Industrialization, urbanization, and immigration
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- Rise of progressives, with the notion of order, control and progress
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- 20th Century Liberalism
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- New Deal liberalism
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- State over the individual
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- Equality
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- Focus on progress. Making ourselves and society better. We can get better
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- The government has an important role to play in improving society
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- Values diversity
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## Progressive-ism
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- 20th Century Progressivism
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- 1900-1920
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- Progressive era
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- Social reform movement
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- Both Democrats and Republican. Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
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- COP = Control, Order, Progress
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- Child Labor Laws, Food safety
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- 21st Century Progressivism
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- 2000s
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- Leftist Democrats
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- Congressional Progressive caucus founded 1991
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- "Medicare for all"
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- Dead with economic hardships "living wage"
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- Civil service reform, food safety, rights for women and US workers, climate change, Humane immigration policies
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## Conservatism
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- The word (and human kind) is flawed. It will always be so
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- Society should be governed by natural laws and ones conscience
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- Tradition and hierarchy are important
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- Government exist to protect individual freedoms
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- Economic freedom is an extension of individual freedom
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- Taking the constitution literally, at face value
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## Libertarian-ism
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- Similar to conservatism (fiscal conservatism)
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- But socially liberal
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- Liberty is the core principle
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- Maximize political freedom
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- Skeptical of the authority of state power
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## Capitalism
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- Economic Indivudialism
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- Private ownership of the means of production (business) and capital (banks, land, property)
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- Low levels of taxation and regulation
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- Unfettered competition. No subsidies, ballots or protectionism
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- Free flow of goods, services and capital both domestically and internationally
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- GNP - Gross national product, includes GDP
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## Fascism (Right)
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- Authoritarianism that relies on dictatorial power
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- One party dictatorship
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- It holds that opposition should be forcibly suppressed
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- The strong regimentation of the economy
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- The government controls all aspects of behavior. Social regimentation
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## Trump-ism: The philosophy espoused by Donald Trump
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- Authoritarian
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- National: America first (make america great again)
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- Traditional: Reliance on old industries - coal, steel, farming
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- Hierarchical (race and gender)
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- Populist (anti-elitist, sort of)
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- Anti-immigrant
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- Cuts taxes, opposes free trade
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- Opposes government regulation
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- Anti-abortion (sort of)
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