Fascism rejects the liberal doctrines of individual rights, political equality, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and may use established representative systems in order to facilitate its ascension to relevance or power. ... Arguing that, while a modicum of personal liberty is necessary, the lengths to which the libertarians stretch it creates too much potential for dissent, and thus harms the glory of the State and the individuals of the State. ... The fascist sees expansion and imperialism as vital to the tenets of the State and vita...

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We exist in a system that prioritizes power and profit over human life and encourages the continuance of war, a corrupt dynamic between our bureaucracies and capitalism known as the military-industrial complex. ... He is analogous to the modern day entrepreneur due to his resourcefulness, and he eventually manages to turn his Syndicate into an international entity capable of powering entire economies. ... Milo's influence over the bureaucratic/ political realm reinforces every notion that money buys power, which Heller argues are the roots of all evil. ... They frequently abuse their powe...

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More importantly, the study of political economy analyzes the distribution of power and wealth and the nature of the state. ... Machiavelli doesn't specifically describe the role of a state in an economy; however, based on his description of the state and its insatiable desire for power, the state would hold all power, whether it be political or economic. ... Machiavelli explains that power should be acquired by any means possible, but in order for a ruler to contain his power, he must keep his people content. ... Men are distinct, he says, in that they are concerned with glory – wh...

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This assertion relies on a divide and conquer system of capitalism which workers compete against each other and never realize that the real enemies are their bosses who control all of the wealth and power in the system. ... Despite Jurgis's best efforts, he must reenter the relationship according to the socialist argument that capitalists yield coercion through the inequality and power between the labor and capitalist classes. Jurgis's role as a tool of the capitalist machine is relevant during this transition as he fails to achieve self actualization in have the power to make the de...

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Capitalism is defined as an economic "system of wage-labour and commodity production for sale, exchange, and profit, rather than for the immediate need of the producers" (Marshall, 1998: 53). As observed by Karl Marx, capitalism transformed a small proportion of a society's population into capitali...

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