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Keviin profile image93

Strengths and Weakness of Parliamentary Democracy

Political systems come in all shapes and sizes. Which ever political system you choose, there are many different ways they work in reality. Even democracy works in many different ways. Many Americans do not...

11 comments    politics democracy
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Fascism in Theory and Practice

When you here the term fascism, images of Hitler and Mussolini are usually the first things that come to mind. But what is fascism? Do all fascists believe in the same thing? Where did fascism come from? ...

1 comment    politics hitler world history
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Charles Dickens’ England and His Works

Can modern-day humankind learn from the mistakes of individuals from history to prevent those same mistakes and their dire consequences from repeating themselves? That is the indirect question which the...

7 comments    london france england
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Is America the Greatest Country in the World?

JOIN THE DEBATE HERE -- let's get this lively thread hoppin' -- is America the Greatest Country in the World or Not...???

45 comments    education travel how
This Ain't My Father's Republican Party70

Healing America's Political System

The American electorate has been fed up with politics and politicians for decades. The perceived corruption within the political system at times seems only exceeded by the hideous ineptitude of our...

0 comments    cynicism american electorate
Rangerwife profile image71

AMERICA: CAN IT HANDLE A CONSENSUS DEMOCRACY?

So many Americans are unsatisfied with our political system. Converting to a consensus style of democracy would help with a lot of these problems.

5 comments    politics america government
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Teaching Children About Politics

Statistics show that the number of young adults who vote in America is embarrassingly low. Is it because of apathy, or because they don't understand the system or know the candidates and/or issues? It could...

6 comments    advice family education
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How Communism Was Supposed to Happen and Why It Didn't

All philosophers are products of their time and place. Karl Marx was no different. His communist theory was created by what he saw going on around him. The Communist Manifestois not so much a how to book on...

4 comments    politics history economics
brendan2325 profile image54

partisan bias

  The United States political system claims to welcome varying political parties and intermittent points of view. I call bullshit. We have been relegated to a two party system, whereby two nearly identical...

0 comments    politics republican democrat
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Health Care & The Politics of Fear

 The debate over health care reform truly demonstrates the inherent flaws within our political structure.  One such flaw is found within the power of wealthy special interest whose end is to retain there...

0 comments    insurance companies serious look
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