Martin Luther King said:
"I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my
economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed to capitalism
that I have failed to see its relative merits. It started out with a noble and
high motive, viz., to block the trade monopolies of nobles, but like most human
systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against. So today
capitalism has out-lived its usefulness. It has brought about a system that
takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes." Socialistic is a social and economic system
characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative
management of the economy, as well as a political theory and movement that aims
at the establishment of such a system. Capitalistic is an economic system in
which trade, industries, and the means of production are largely or entirely
privately owned and operated for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism
include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor and, in many models,
competitive markets. He is saying that capitalism has already out lived itself and
that was in the 1950’s….so can you imagine how much it has out lived itself
now?! He is saying that it has outlived its usefulness and was not useful as it
used to be. I think that Martin Luther King knows what he is taking about and
he is a very good man. I also think everyone really listened to him because he
was one of the first black people to become famous for his public speaking. He
was a very good public speaker and always seemed to know what he was talking
about. I think that for capitalism to take away the necessities to give the
rich people their luxuries is so wrong! Capitalism is definitely not what a
person with a lot of money wants. I
think that socialism is a lot better than capitalism because it is not taking
away anything from anyone.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
John Adams' Quote
John Adams was our second president of the United States and
he states “Democracy ... while it lasts, is more bloody than either aristocracy
or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and
murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.” This
is a really wordy and confusing quote and it really makes our class think out
of the box. So trying to understand this I had to look up the words that I
didn’t understand. An aristocracy means
that they are the “highest class in certain societies, especially those holding
hereditary titles or offices” A monarchy “is a system of government in which
one person reigns, usually a king or queen”. So I think that the quote is
saying that while democracy is still is in our country it is basically just
going to destroy itself and it also says that there has never been a democracy
that hasn’t already killed itself. Although, this is only one person’s feelings
it is still a very strong opinion and is obviously pretty popular and well
liked since I am writing a 400 word blog about it. It is also saying that
democracy is a way worse thing than aristocracy (highest class) and monarchy
(kings and queens). So if we have democracy for as long as the people think we
will then the democracy will basically just kill itself off because the
democracy in our country is basically doing that already. I wonder what our
Four Fathers think about how our government and democracy runs now. I think
that this was a good quote from John Adams and was smart for people like him to
realize so early in life rather than figuring it out now when it is almost too
late. John Adams was an American
Founding Father; Adams was a statesman, diplomat, and a leading advocate of
American independence from Great Britain. He was already a Vice President in
the White House before he was president which really helps because he probably
knew what he was doing when he got into the Presidents spot. Thomas Jefferson
was also John Adams’ Vice President so that means right after John Adams time
was done then Thomas Jefferson was president because he was the third
presidents of the United States. It is really nice that these Presidents got to
experience both spots in the White House.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Thoughts on Bicameral Government
The reasons that they formed
bicameral Government is because it would benefit both the small states and the
bigger states. I also believe the reason
that we went into bicameral is because the British parliament has had it since
the 1300’s so that is the only thing that our country knew. The Framers who were
people who shaped and created a concept or a plan had to create a two partied
government to settle the conflict between the Virginia and the New Jersey Plans
in Philadelphia in 1787. The Framers liked the bicameral Congress in order that
one house might act as a check on the other.
I believe that this was a good
thing but bad thing. I am in favor of it
favoring both small and big states because I think every state should be equal
but I don’t think at the time our congress knew what it was doing when we
changed to a Bicameral government. We only did that because Great Britain had
it and that’s all that we knew of. I
wonder what our country would have done if Great Britain didn’t have a government
and we were the first to start a government.
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