The proletariat in most western European countries consisted of a majority of the population, whereas, the proletariat in Russia was a minority of the population and the peasantry was the majority. ... Lenin believed that the bourgeois class was a minority in Russia and that the proletariat class was a majority. As a result, the bourgeoisie would prove too weak to resist the proletariat majority and there would be no need for a fully developed stage of capitalism. ... The idea of a "democratic dictatorship- was justified because it represented the majority and was committed to removing the ru...

• Word Count: 1739
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A French philosopher once said that the greatest tyranny of democracy was when the minority ruled the majority. ... Capitalism rules the nation. The upper class bosses rule what goes on in the peasants lives. ... Capitalism rules in the stockyards of Chicago. ... The upper class ruled over them. ...

• Word Count: 1462
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• Grade Level: High School

It forces the individual, in so far as he is involved in the system of market relationships, to conform to capitalistic rules of action."... One thing to also keep in mind when considering whether capitalism will eventually fall is the fact that the majority of people are afraid of change. And never before in history have the majority of the people been more comfortable, with respect to their survival, than in today's modern capitalist society. ... In the past societies, for example the feudal societies and slave societies, the majority of people had to daily struggle and work in order ...

• Word Count: 1597
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

James Madison presented the solution to this dilemma: " Take in a greater variety of parties and interest and you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens - (J Madison in Lowi & Ginsberg American Government 307) According to Madison, a good constitution encourages multitudes of interests so that no single interest can tyrannize the others. ... To rule their society, elites employ a variety of techniques. These include dominating the economy, using police and military force, manipulating the educational system and the...

• Word Count: 1985
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Locke equated "the law of nature" with "the rule of morals." ... According to Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democratic laws generally tend to promote the welfare of the greatest possible number; for they emanate from the majority of citizens, who are subject to error, but who cannot have an interest opposed to their own advantage." ... We know that the will of the people' is synonymous with majority, but even within majorities Tocqueville recognized the disparate interests and characteristics that existed among common folk. ...

• Word Count: 2003
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Calling this the "market-dominant minority"", Chua compliments Harvey's analysis of globalization raising cultural and class consequences through examples of rich ethnic minorities of countries like The Philippines, China, etc. that wield significant economic power over the ethnic majority. ... This term refers to the economic elite class that is formed across geographic borders with a prosperous ethnic minority in opposition to the native majority. ...

• Word Count: 2299
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Smith argued that society is not at its most productive when ruled by the government; he believed that in order for markets to raise its wealth, a free trade environment should be made available. ... Minority group of people worked very hard to make their way up to the top, while the majority upper class simply take over their family's inheritance. ...

• Word Count: 1440
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• Grade Level: High School

Historically, where equality would have meant shared poverty, it was inevitable that a minority would plunder, enslave, and exploit the majority. ... Commodity production is far less developed in agriculture, and modern statisticians and economists are, as a rule, not very skillful in picking out the special branches in agriculture, which indicate that agriculture is being progressively drawn into the process of exchange in world economy. ...

• Word Count: 1723
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Capitalism has a deity: the "invisible hand" that keeps the world moving in accordance with the inviolate rules of the sacred "market". ... "The majority of religions teach that material possessions are worthless, that one day they will just pass away. ...

• Word Count: 1806
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