Political Theory

Yes, Karl Marx believed that class struggle is the fundamental driving force of human history. He argued that societal development is primarily shaped by the conflicts between different social classes, particularly between the bourgeoisie (capitalist class) and the proletariat (working class). According to Marx, these struggles lead to social change and the evolution of economic systems, ultimately culminating in the establishment of a classless society.

The core values of US political culture are drawn from the constitution's promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The different political parties strive for the balance where these promises come true.

The leader of the Green Party is Eamon Ryan.

In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois proposed a bill to organize the Territory of Nebraska, a vast area of land that would become Kansas, Nebraska, Montana and the Dakotas. Known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the controversial bill raised the possibility that slavery could be extended into territories where it had once been banned.

Karl Marx's reflection centers on the critique of capitalism and its inherent inequalities. He posited that capitalism leads to the exploitation of the working class (proletariat) by the ruling class (bourgeoisie), resulting in alienation and social injustice. Marx advocated for a revolutionary approach to establish a classless society where the means of production are collectively owned, thereby addressing the disparities created by capitalist systems. His ideas have profoundly influenced political thought, economics, and social movements worldwide.

In a Communist society only the collective of the proletariat (i.e. all of the workers as a community) can own property. Individual or company property ownership is abolished.

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because the people do not vote for a leader

Yes, Ethiopia is, on paper, a parliamentary democracy.

While anarchists seek to establish a social system free of rank, caste, or class the nihilists is only concerned with destruction of society for its own sake. Anarchists believe in anarchy. Nihilists believe in nothing.

However, some, called anarcho-nihilists combine the two movements either using nihilism as a means to establishing an anarchistic social order or simply promoting anarchy because they think it will further the dissolution of society; which is their true goal.

Unlike Marx, Lenin believed in a small, controlling central government. In this regard, his "people's commissariat" eventually adopted the classic autocratic form of government, ironically one of the major flaws that Marx found with capitalism.

Lenin also believed that Russia was a "special case" and could skip over both the Capitalist and Socialist systems, jumping directly from Feudalism to Communism. This was what differentiated Lenin's Bolshevik party from the Menshevik party that said that Marx's four "stages of history" were required everywhere to reach Communism.

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Yes. It minimizes the risk of a plutocratic oligarchy - within a so-called democracy, such as is the case in the U.S. at this time. Less wealth is concentrated in the top 1% of the population and more social services are available to the populace at large. A two-party or multi-party system is a must, in any form of democracy, a social democracy included. Unfortunately, all forms of government are at risk of being corrupted. This will probably always be the case.

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American democracy is based on one man, one vote. Within the democracy are the Bill of Rights which include ten human rights. The impetus for creation of these documents and form of government were the wrongs sustained under other forms of government.

When dominant political tribes organise themselves into political parties and platforms that seek to retain state power to the exclusion of 1) other stakeholders, and 2) international accountability by actively building a siege mentality in their followers and (most defining) demonising the "International Community" and its agents as the enemy - case in point Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo,, Kenya's PNU

Oligarchy is a form of government where most political power rests with a small segment of society (i.e. the most powerful, whether by wealth, military strength, ruthlessness, or political influence).

Oligarchy is from the Greek for "few" and "rule." Some theorists argue that all societies are inevitably oligarchies no matter the supposed political system.