Political Theory

The ancient Roman republic was, on paper, a government where power was shared. The Roman republic was about the best that could be accomplished at that juncture in human history. Their republic was full of faults, however, the "balance of power concept" was a model that could be reworked to attain a more advanced form of government. It could be developed into a system where where the people had a direct voice in how the government should operate. The offshoot of this was the US republic. Flawed as it was, it was a unique and progressive form of government.

By ‘capitalist workers’, I assume you mean workers who support capitalism. Most of them probably don’t have the slightest understanding of Socialism (a classless stateless society based on production for use), and see no alternative to capitalism.

The Founding Fathers believed it was important to have a strong central government for various economic, political and military reasons so that the new states could function together as a single nation. After the Revolutionary War, the individual states operated as a loose conglomeration of sovereign states rather than as a single nation. The states were more like separate countries unto themselves with no significant obligation to one another or to the government under the Articles of Confederation. In many instances, the interests of some states were contrary to the interests of other states. The result was economic and political chaos, which had to be corrected or the new nation would break apart. Economic problems were created because each state coined its own money, levied its own taxes and controlled the commerce between them. This prevented the smooth operation of business between the states themselves and between them and other countries. Politically, the loose central government did not have the ability to treat with other nations, since individual states considered themselves free to disregard treaties made by the central government and other nations. Other nations were reluctant to enter into treaties with the United States government because they feared that individual states might not abide by them. Militarily, the individual states could be attacked by Britain, France or Spain, all of which still had colonial interests in the continent. Spain controlled Florida and allowed pirates and Indians to attack settlements in Georgia. France controlled the Louisiana area and allowed the same activity against the new western areas. And of course Great Britain still had a presence in Canada and would have wanted nothing more than to see the new country split itself into sections and then try to take them back little by little. Without a strong central government, the new nation could not properly protect itself. The inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation were all too clear, so when the call came to revise them, the delegates knew the problems they faced. After some failed attempts to amend them, it was clear they had to be replaced entirely with a constitution creating a stronger central government. Ideas on what to do and how to do it came from many sources. They go back to England's Magna Carta in the year 1215, which was an agreement between the King of England and the nobles of the country guaranteeing the nobles certain protection and limiting the power of the monarch. The power of England's Parliament as it grew over time served as a basis for modelling the Congress. Philosophical theories of the legitimacy of governments as put forth by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Montesquieu were also inspirations. John Locke's theory of the social contract between government and the governed was prominent in the opening words of the Constitution: "We, the people of the United States. Thomas Paine, born in England, wrote about the senselessness of being governed by kings who had a right to pass on the titles to their children. Alexander Hamilton is said to have written a report on the deficiencies of the Confederation and calling for a convention to revise the Articles of Convention. The Virginia delegation to the Constitutional Convention drafted a series of proposals called the Virginia Resolves, which served as starting points for the various issues. They included the so-called Virginia Plan for determining the make-up of Congress. William Patterson of New Jersey drafted an alternate plan called the New Jersey Plan. James Madison contributed many ideas to the final product and was influential in bringing states with competing self-interests to settlements. Even though the Articles of Confederation were inadequate to create a nation, many of its provisions were used at least as foundations of some aspects of the Constitution. A proper answer to a question like this can take books to complete. These are just a few thoughts.

See this page for links to pdf's on how the U.S. government is organized and the divisions of power within various branches:

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/branches.html

America's "Declaration of Independence" does not guarantee or even bestow any rights. It explains, after the fact, why the people of the American colonies had broken their ties with England.

Vietnam. Yes the yanks did get smashed by peasants, but as this ruined the entire country of Vietnam, no other country wanted to be like Vietnam.

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Communism is always possible from my perpective any way

apparently china is still under communist regimes i think

in Australia communism is not permitted

as Sir Gordon Menzies OUTLAWED the CPA (Communist Party of Australia)

America im am not sure

communism is possible

anyone you talk to could have an idea about communism

you never know if they are communist or not

The US could only become a monarchy if the Constitution is completely overthrown and done away with.

he has reward power legistimate power coersive power expert power referental power leader have all type of power at last he has many power

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In 1847, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels had met in Paris in 1844 and they shared the same ideas concerning various forms of socialism. In 1847 they joined the Communist League, which also called itself the League of the Just. The League was a small, secret group of revolutionaries that were mainly Germans in exile. In the more liberal western Europe they could bring in trade union leaders and develop their own style of socialism.

Hobbes described the state of nature as a condition of war of all against all, where life was "nasty, brutish, and short." In this state, individuals acted solely in their own self-interest, leading to constant conflict and insecurity. To escape this chaos, Hobbes argued for a social contract to establish a sovereign authority to maintain peace and order.

Answer this question… The Communist Manifesto

Communism is threatening to people who are opposed to Communism because Communism does not offer a choice not to participate. Everyone under the Communist system must turn over all property and wealth to be redistributed by the leadership as they see fit.

On a larger scale, Communism cannot compete and therefore is hostile to all other economic and political models. This is why Marx and all successive Communist practicioners have sought to spark Communist revolutions all over the globe and why the Commintern's main goal to the spread of Communism.

Finally, Communism is an ideology based on the notion of acheiving a utopian world which may sound fine in theory but in practice it has shown to be a disaster. Additionally, Communism is based on class warfare and hatred which is dangerous.

Karl Marx believed that people's ideas and beliefs are shaped by their material conditions and social relations. He argued that the dominant beliefs in a society often reflect the interests of the ruling class. Therefore, the way people see the world is influenced by the social and economic relationships they are a part of.

It got stronger and stronger because Stalin was in control. I really don't know who the hell that is but that's what it says on my text book.

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It was difficult for them to get a party in place. Those who were in charge were either corrupt or had a lot of work to get things organized.

I think you have it backwards, but that the United States democracy is based on the philosophy of Locke so the constitution agreed with Locke.

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ow could Rousseaus teaching lay the foundation of democracy?

Ans. (a) jeans Jacques Rousseaus teaching helped to lay the foundation of democracy because he upheld the doctrine of popular sovereign.(b) He believed that the govt. should be based on the consent of the governed.(c) He stated that people are the real sovereign and kings rule only with their consent.

(d) His famous work social contract talks of a contract between the ruler and the ruled whereby the former would guarantee the freedom and happiness to his subjects.(e) He believed that men had a right to change their government if they were not-satisfiedwhich is another cardinal principle of democracy.(f) Rousseaus revolutionary ideas paved the way for the French Revolution andencouraged people to fight their rights

i had this question too.....go to this website......it answered my question usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/democracy/dmpaper4.htm

A democratic society is one where the citizens are treated equally regardless of culture, religion, race, creed and other human rights. The citizens have the ability to elect their government officials and to hold them accountable for their actions.

No, not by a long shot.

Nazism, or National Socialism, was a right-wing movement created in Germany following the first world war. They were not socialists in any common sense of the word. Ideologically, they were more akin to the Fascists of Italy than any socialist movement preceding or following them. They were rigorously OPPOSED to communism, as well as trade unions, other kinds of socialists (actual socialists), homosexuals, gypsies and, of course, Jews.

Communism was a political movement and ideology developed by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and several others in the latter part of the 19th century. In 1917, during the October revolution, communist forces overthrew the government of Russia and formed the Soviet Union. During World War II, Soviet communist forces were allied with the United States, Britain and the rest of the Allies to oppose Nazi Germany.

Nazis were opposed to communists and communists were opposed to nazis. It is logically impossible to be both a nazi and a communist.

Not necessarily, you can have a capitalist economic system under an authoritarian regime as well as under a democratic regime. Some forms of economy, like central planning, occur much more easily under an authoritarian system than a more democratic one, but it is not wholly impossible for a democratic regime to embrace central planning.

The Founders of the United States strongly favored republican government over democracy for a variety of reasons. Fundamentally, however, they were suspicious of pure 'rule by the people' (which is democracy) because of its instability and difficulty alike; they deliberately chose instead to establish America as a republic, which combines some features of democracy with parliamentarian (and oligarchic) government for the sake of a 'representative democracy.'