Politics: Crash Course Sociology #30
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Shawn
Another reason for public demonstrations is that it clarifies public views on policies. (Voters are rarely given the chance to vote on policies, just candidates) For one thing, if a candidate runs on a platform of lowering taxes and stopping gay marriage, and he gets elected, until the public make their voices heard, the elected candidate has no way of knowing which aspects of his platform got him elected. (Maybe they don't want a gay marriage ban, but voted for the candidate to avoid a tax increase) Second, it shows how strongly people feel about the issues. If an opinion poll shows that a majority of the public said yes to a new policy, a demonstration may show that the people who said no feel very strongly, while the people who said yes weren't that interested, and probably wouldn't notice if the policy didn't go into effect.
On a side note, how exactly do free market and traditionalism both fall under -conservative, - other than the fact that the political party leaders said so? In my experience, most of the free-market people are more libertarian in their thinking, which aligns them less with tradition, and most of the traditionalists (mainly older people) are also more authoritarian.
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Another reason for public demonstrations is that it clarifies public views on policies. (Voters are rarely given the chance to vote on policies, just candidates) For one thing, if a candidate runs on a platform of lowering taxes and stopping gay marriage, and he gets elected, until the public make their voices heard, the elected candidate has no way of knowing which aspects of his platform got him elected. (Maybe they don't want a gay marriage ban, but voted for the candidate to avoid a tax increase) Second, it shows how strongly people feel about the issues. If an opinion poll shows that a majority of the public said yes to a new policy, a demonstration may show that the people who said no feel very strongly, while the people who said yes weren't that interested, and probably wouldn't notice if the policy didn't go into effect.
On a side note, how exactly do free market and traditionalism both fall under -conservative, - other than the fact that the political party leaders said so? In my experience, most of the free-market people are more libertarian in their thinking, which aligns them less with tradition, and most of the traditionalists (mainly older people) are also more authoritarian.
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ChillsAhoy
A note on boycotting: what a lot of people don't realize is that, while boycotting CAN lower the profits of a CEO and/or the shareholders, whose views you find disagreeable, that is always the last resort for the company. Before it gets to that point, there are procedures for de-escalation and mitigation of profit losses, which often include 'streamlining the workforce' AKA letting employees go. Just remember that in order for you to hurt the pockets of the people who run a company, your would usually first need to make people lose their jobs.
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A note on boycotting: what a lot of people don't realize is that, while boycotting CAN lower the profits of a CEO and/or the shareholders, whose views you find disagreeable, that is always the last resort for the company. Before it gets to that point, there are procedures for de-escalation and mitigation of profit losses, which often include 'streamlining the workforce' AKA letting employees go. Just remember that in order for you to hurt the pockets of the people who run a company, your would usually first need to make people lose their jobs.
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timothy
Ok guys there are classical liberals and modern liberals. They're different in that classical liberals want the government to have as little power as possible, because they believe that the government will use its power to oppress people. Modern liberals believe that the government should be strong enough to protect the less powerful and wealthy groups in America. From what I understand, classical liberals are pretty much libertarians.
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Ok guys there are classical liberals and modern liberals. They're different in that classical liberals want the government to have as little power as possible, because they believe that the government will use its power to oppress people. Modern liberals believe that the government should be strong enough to protect the less powerful and wealthy groups in America. From what I understand, classical liberals are pretty much libertarians.
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pezpeculiar
Equating liberalism to left and conservatism to right is a myopic view of politics.
Outside the United States, the political spectrum is much wider and more diverse. Liberalism is considered rather center to center-right while conservatism is seen as solid right. We should also acknowledge right-libertarianism and socialism (both authoritarian and libertarian forms.
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Equating liberalism to left and conservatism to right is a myopic view of politics.
Outside the United States, the political spectrum is much wider and more diverse. Liberalism is considered rather center to center-right while conservatism is seen as solid right. We should also acknowledge right-libertarianism and socialism (both authoritarian and libertarian forms.
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Spencer
when you don-t vote you lose your voice. access is one issue and age is another but if you have easy access to voting like most americans do and you-re are of age and not a felon and you still don-t vote you have lost your political voice
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when you don-t vote you lose your voice. access is one issue and age is another but if you have easy access to voting like most americans do and you-re are of age and not a felon and you still don-t vote you have lost your political voice
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Francisco
Monarchy is not a type of authoritarianism. What about all the liberal monarchies we have now? This is like saying republics are a type of democracy, and then ignore authoritarian republics like Syria or North Korea.
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Monarchy is not a type of authoritarianism. What about all the liberal monarchies we have now? This is like saying republics are a type of democracy, and then ignore authoritarian republics like Syria or North Korea.
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Dai
being a liberal doesn't mean you want equality of outcome it means you want equality of oppertunity dont equate liberal and left because they are far from being the same thing
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being a liberal doesn't mean you want equality of outcome it means you want equality of oppertunity dont equate liberal and left because they are far from being the same thing
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electric
Good stuff there. Broad's got knowledge. This video was like watching a spelling bee. Now how does this help besides for a game of jeopardy?
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Good stuff there. Broad's got knowledge. This video was like watching a spelling bee. Now how does this help besides for a game of jeopardy?
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John
liberalism shouldn't be refer as left leaning, it its a centrist ideology that will always be connected to its relationship with capitalism
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liberalism shouldn't be refer as left leaning, it its a centrist ideology that will always be connected to its relationship with capitalism
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Begim
. Is there any theory that explains, why government neglects some social problems and acts only when the problem becomes very serious?
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. Is there any theory that explains, why government neglects some social problems and acts only when the problem becomes very serious?
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