First we should not overlook the fact that the majority of Chinese population, especially the peasant and the working class, are being rather politically indifferent. ... Similarly, in the April 2 Incident in 1994, the protesting peasants were not really ideologically attacking the communist rule . ... To conclude, the majority of Chinese population the working class and peasants are relatively politically indifferent. ... Otherwise it will lose legitimacy to rule the nation. ... In its first three decades of rule, CCP had tired to eliminate the feudal and reactionary Confucian influence in Ch...

• Word Count: 1912
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Marxists perceive a capitalist society is being ruled by the economy. The minority, the ruling class or 'bourgeoisie' rule the majority, namely the workers or 'proletariat'. The bourgeoisie have the wealth and the power to rule whereas the proletarians are capitalized on, hence, not treated fairly. ... In agreement with the Marxist philosophy that the masses should control the means of production, the Manley administration set out to owning majority of the shares in the transport system, as well as the electricity and telephone companies. ...

• Word Count: 1463
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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
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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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Also, the majority of teaching is done from a textbook. ... The level of classroom control in a middle-income-level school is very much regulated by rules set by the town, school, and community. Also, these rules tend to be somewhat strictly enforced, but may vary from teacher to teacher. ... Majority of families belong to capitalist class. ...

• Word Count: 1577
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• Grade Level: High School

Stalin's oppressive rule was legitimized by the "imprimatur of Lenin's creation and succession." ... Lenin's Bolshevik ("Majority" in Russian) party was formed in 1903 with the objective of a stagiest societal evolution of Europe and Russia in the gradual progression from feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism, and to eventual communism. ... The Party would never forget that it had taken power as an enlightened minority acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. ...

• Word Count: 1534
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• Grade Level: Graduate

Stalin's oppressive rule was legitimized by the "imprimatur of Lenin's creation and succession." ... Lenin's Bolshevik ("Majority" in Russian) party was formed in 1903 with the objective of a stagiest societal evolution of Europe and Russia in the gradual progression from feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism, and to eventual communism. ... The Party would never forget that it had taken power as an enlightened minority acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. ...

• Word Count: 1533
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• Grade Level: Graduate

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

The majority of the population made up the working class and most of them faced rigorous working conditions. ... The proletariats made up the majority of the population as the modern working class, which were brought into existence by the bourgeoisie to meet the increase in demands for production. ... The state demands obedience from the people to obey the laws and Treitschke reasons that the state does not need the rational consent of the people because kingdoms have survived for centuries without the consent of the people they ruled over. ... Marx and Bernstein do not use this reasoning beca...

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The majority of this investigation will outline some of Mao's great reforms such as the Agrarian reform, the Three and Five Antis Movements and the First Five Year Plan. ... With this economic plan Mao was able to effectively turn a feudalistic society into a world power within the first decade of his rule. ... This heavily emphasizes the point that the nature of his rule was in a sense totalitarian. ...

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THE LIBERTY OF TASTES AND PURSUITS The liberty of tastes and pursuits, and the rules governing how one should live their life, surfaces some differences of feelings between Mill and Marx. ... LIBERTY TO UNITE Marx believes people will unite together to break free of the constraints that govern them as the capitalists are taking a majority of the profits from goods made. ...

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The peasants in this society, who were the majority, would work the land and live in much worse conditions than the land owners. ... Under proletariat rule foods, goods and services would be distributed fairly and with no shortage of such things there would be no need to regulate society. ... Lenin had always wanted single party rule, which meant that the aggressive Bolshevik party leader would be prepared for conflict in order to achieve this goal. ...

• Word Count: 2081
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Also associated with Hegemony, the web of ideologies that shape meaning and perspective of the majority. ... This hides the fact that an able person such as Iago is more suitable for a position that Cassio holds, but due to the ideologies and context, the upper class in which Cassio is from, controlled the decision to rule out Iago. ... In fact, Othello handles situations well and calm with skill and authority, "Now, by heaven, / My blood begins my safer guides to rule, / And passion, having my best judgement collide / Assays to lead the way" (Act 2, Scene 3, lines 207-210). ...

• Word Count: 1957
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Truman caused relations with the Russians to worsen right away by submitting the Truman doctrine which "aided" Turkey and Greece by freeing them of communist rule, many more were killed. ... The Television had become a major communications tool in that the majority of the programs and commercials portrayed in the 1950's contained no elements of death, poverty, ethnic blending, or any type of racial tensions that had in fact increased. ...

• Word Count: 1786
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• Grade Level: High School

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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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
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate