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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.

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.

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.