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Communism
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forms of government. It is a race of countries and nations, trying to gain an
edge onto each other.
Communism is a system that follows the roots of Marxism. It unites the
people into one class and call for industrial power. All the people work, the
people are all at the same social level. It creates a false sense of unity. Most
of these communist governments are dictatorships; the government oppresses all
opposing views. Communist polices deny people their basic rights and freedom.
The people cannot even own their own private property. The methods of Communism
have been varied slightly by each different government. Stalin and Lenin were
the driv .....
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Affirmative Action
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notified to setup initial interviews. One applicant meets all the
qualifications, and has had numerous experiences in the field. This
applicant clearly surpasses all the other applicants. The commitee is very
impressed by this young man. He heads home in delight, hoping to hear from
the marketing firm again. Unfortunately, he never hears from
them again. The main reason why he was not chosen, was because of the
color of his skin. Since he is Asian, they could not hire him, because 50%
of their employees are Asian. Under the affirmative action, they must
employ someone who is underrepresented. This type of situation happens
often. It is .....
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Brown Vs Board Of Education
<view this essay>.... cases at the same time to get to their goal faster.
Thurgood Marshall had a large role in developing and arguing the case before the Supreme Court. The reason for this was that he had to plan how he would attack the Plessy decision. If he stated something that would hurt his case or not say something that would help it he could have lost and the decision would not be have been overturned. The NAACP also played a large part in the case because they provided funding for the many cases leading up to the brown case and for the brown case itself.
Kenneth Clark also had a large role in the case with his doll experiment. This experiment had four dolls, two female .....
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Cult Leaders And Their Abuse O
<view this essay>.... intentions, to save the world from the Armageddon, he was insane and in the overabundance of power, he was able to kill more than 900 people. It is unclear whether Jim Jones had committed suicide at the ritual or was shot by another, so it is uncertain to say that he had any intentions to die also. Although his protests were for good moral purposes, it was wrong of him to use his status as chairman of the Housing Authority and award receiver to gather extra followers to join the suicide. Here he had overstepped the line to abuse the power he was appointed by putting other people's lives at jeopardy. Being in his position, he was most likely aware that he had ma .....
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act
<view this essay>.... This act
was passed to answer the 1990 court case Employment Division v. Smith (Questions
and Answers, Map of the RFRA). Employment Division v. Smith was a court case in
which the issue was whether “Sacramental use of peyote by members of the Native
American Church was protected under the free exercise clause of the First
Amendment, which provides that ‘Congress shall make no law...prohibiting the
free exercise of religion'.”(Questions and Answers, Map of the RFRA). According
to Justice Scalia, “if prohibiting the exercise of religion was merely the
incidental effect of a generally applicable and otherwise valid provision, the
First Amendment was not offend .....
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Should Governments Use Private
<view this essay>.... surgeries and keep patients for extended overnight stays. It will increase our economy because the government can now use the money that is saved from it to pay their debts and for international investments. Alberta's health care funds have been numerous. They were abused on healing people who caused drunk and drive accidents, people who smoke too much, and people who do drugs. These people do not deserve any free health care. They should be responsible for themselves and pay for their own health care fees. Many people say that private for-profit health care is less efficient and more expensive than public health care. Private health care would cause peopl .....
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The Framing Of The Constiution
<view this essay>.... a plan of government for the new nation to live under. This plan was known as the Articles of Confederation. This document would give arisal to a new type of legislative body, but many problems would soon follow. This Congress was too inefficient and clumsy to govern effectively. It had no independent income and no authority to compel the states to accept its rulings. It couldn't levy or collect taxes. It could pass laws but could not enforce them. In short, this Congress was nothing more than an unrespected child trying to get attention. On the contrary, the only possible good thing that came out of Congress during this time was the Northeast
Ordin .....
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Facism
<view this essay>.... held in such high regards. Fascism approaches politics in two
central areas, populist and elitist. Populist in that it seeks to activate
"the people" as a whole against perceived oppressors or enemies and to
create a nation of unity. The elitist approach treats as putting the
people's will on one select group, or most often one supreme leader called
El Duce, from whom all power proceeds downward. The two most recognized
names that go along with Fascism is Italy's Benito Mussolini and Germany's
Adolf Hitler.
The philosophy of Fascism can be traced to the philosophers who
argue that the will is prior to and superior to the intellect or reason.
George Sorel, Fr .....
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