Why is the absolute government proposed by Hobbes undesirable according to Locke? Why is pluralism important in a democracy? Why is oligarchy the most common form of government? Why does communism lead to dictatorship? Why is voting an important responsibility in a representative democracy?
however less than in half a century a completely new government came into power. The Qing government had already been weak due to European countries because they gained great influence in China’s affair by using forces. They became so unpopular that people plotted to overthrow them. Despite the...
Why was the Weimar Republic unpopular? Why did the Hungarian Revolution fail? Why did tyranny decline in ancient Greece? Why did the Fourth Crusade fail? Why was there no black power movement in the U.K.? Why did the Soviet Union fall?
(As an aside: Of course there are lots of utopian movements like socialism, communism or the Zeitgeist movement which are fed up with our current way of living and thus desire to radically change our social system. But all those movements make the fundamental mistake of ignoring or at least...
“Brezhnev doctrine” was a response to the “Prague Spring,” a brief period of liberalization under the leadership of Czechoslovakia’s new leader, Alexander Dubček. Even Dubček’s modest steps away from hardcore communism offered reason enough for the Soviets toinvade Czechoslovakiaand abduct...
This horrendous assumption that blacks were subhuman resulted in centuries of enslavement. The Nazi’s assumption that Jews were subhuman resulted in the holocaust. Other bad assumptions are less overtly evil, but may be no less devastating. The alluring appeal of communism where everybody works for...
This disorients the Left (as well as some anti-Trump "diametrical" conservatives), forcing them to take unpopular and ridiculous positions on the opposite side of his choosing. And while Trump is beating the Left at their own game, keeping them confused and unable to deal with their ...
personal, megalomaniacal ambition. He was probably the last US presidential candidate who genuinely felt “the nation” was calling him for leadership when the GOP drafted him. It was expected that his military experience would enable a decisive victory over Evil Communism on the Korean peninsula. ...
1969. For the reasons I gave, the antiwar protests were a thing of the past. He was disappointed but still a true believer. He was telling me about what a Utopia Communism would bring to the United States. I noted that he would have to change the Constitution. That is what revolutions...
Goldberg said he considers defeating communism and fascism to be “a big deal,” to which Clinton exclaimed, “That’s how I feel! Maybe this is old-fashioned. OK, I feel that this might be an old-fashioned idea — but I’m about to find out, in more ways than one.” ...