I have always found the human need for power and domination interesting, which is why I choose it for the Research Project. I am interested about how the Dictatorial style of government affects the overall growth of the humanities globally. My goal for this project is to research and understand the positive and negative effects of dictatorships on the academic growth as well as growth in the humanities. There are clear negative effects like the loss of literature in countries such as Germany, where specific types of book from certain eras were burned. In addition to that there are positives such as leaders focusing on education more than other areas of government spending. The paper that would be written using the information gathered through research on this topic would be persuasive, arguing that though there are some positive effects, dictatorships have an overall negative impact on intellect and the humanities.
My working research question is: Are the net effects of dictatorships on the areas of the humanities including art and literature as well as academics as a whole positive or negative? My corresponding thesis statement is: On the grounds of global loss of art and literature as well as suffering academics, dictatorships have a negative effect on the country they govern as well as the world as a whole. I will research historical occurrences of dictatorships globally. In addition to that I will research the effects on academics in specific countries. I will also
Authoritarian government and the U.S government is different is very drastic ways. The U.S lets the people vote for the person who will be president. When authoritarian power is inherited of taken by force. The U.S has many different political parties when authoritarian usually has one overall party. Authoritarian government relies on the state control of controlling media, police or military forces,and terror. The U.S relies on the power of the laws made.
Comparing the U.S. governments ability to meet the needs of its citizens compared to that of a dictatorship is far superior. A dictatorship is designed to benefit one or few individuals that have achieved power using capital or force. Their only concern is for themselves and what will increase their power. The U.S. form of government is restricted to the power of the constitution.
Preview General Ideas: Totalitarianism gained popularity for infamous dictators, despite that it was an utter nightmare for citizens under such a rule. As a result, abhorrent events such as genocides and stripping citizens of their egoes occurred.
Analyze the ways in which technology and mass culture contributed to the success of dictators in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
Dictatorship throughout the ages has mainly led to oppression and conflict between people and government. Some of the notoriously bad dictators took office around the 1920’s and 1930’s. There were three main dictators in that time period and they all ran different countries in very different ways. Josef Stalin was known as the dictator of the Soviet Union, he was all about communism and did not care if there was opposition to his ideas. On the other hand, Benito Mussolini was in charge of Italy and all about fascism. Possibly the worst known dictator of all times was Hitler, in charge of, Germany, he was all about Nazism. Each had a different outlook on ruling, but they all did things similarly to lead to nations hatred against them. Basically, their ultimate goal was to do what was best for their countries, however, there want for power tended to get in the way. They all wanted to accomplish many things, they used many different ideas and ways to run their nations. They were all blamed for their nations demise in one way or another. This essay will discuss the similarities and differences between Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini.
Tyranny is the cruel manner in which one person rises above and takes over all control, whether it be of a nation, a country, or just a small group of people. Without the constitution, tyrants would be rising all over, fighting to take control. Tyranny was first recorded in Athens Greece, in the 6th century B.C. when Peisistratus arose and tried to take control. After several failed attempts, he finally took control in 546 B.C. He ruled until his death in 527 B.C.
The majoritarian model is currently being used in Canadas political economy, however, Canada’s would be better off with a shift to the consensus model as it included all minority groups and represented the true meaning of democracy. The consensus model represented the people in a society by including minority groups, using a federal or decentralized government and a multi-party system. The consensus model ensured the inclusion of groups in plural societies, where this was absent under a majoritarian ruling. A majoritarian model of government only made decisions in the hands of a select few, whereas, in a consensus model the power was divided in a federal or decentralized government. Finally, a consensus model allowed for multiple parties to run for election under the multiparty system and voting was done under proportional representation. However, in a majoritarian government, there are two parties running for office which operated under a disproportional election.
First, dictatorships can arise from popular fear when one person tries to promise the people what they think they need and another tries to give them what they want. This is shown through Hitler’s rise to power (“Causes of World War II: Hitler’s Actions”). Hitler became powerful because he promised the German public something that the Weimar Republic and its leaders couldn’t: a chance to become powerful
What comes to mind when you think of tyranny? Most people imagine it as one person in charge of everyone else, that person can be a king, a dictator, or any absolute ruler. Although these people would be considered tyrants, tyranny is much broader than that. Tyranny can also be tyranny of individual states over the central government, of one branch of government over other branches, and of big states over little states. The framers of the constitution foresaw this and they made sure to include things in the constitution that would safeguard against all types of tyranny. The constitution does this through separation of powers, federalism, and balancing power between large and small states.
This painting holds a theme related to dictatorship, quite a similar topic turned into a dilemma that would be approved or agreed to in Orwell's 1984. "Big Brother" and the government represent this topic by controlling the public either through strict laws contradicting human rights or abdication of personal space and whatever action is committed can be recorded and viewed by the authority. Winston expresses his hatred to the government stating, "His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals---DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER... over and over again, filling half a page." (Orwell 19). Writing in his journal he bought not too long ago near his apartment at a bookstore, he immediately starts to write down what he feels inside and trying to release his hatred towards Big Brother. He begins to
A dictatorship is a singly ruled government. One person is in charge of everything and makes the rules. Everyone has to go by what the dictator says. Nobody has a say in what goes on regarding anything. The dictator can make up whatever laws he or she wants and they do not have to be run by anyone. In a Democracy the president still has to run things by the congress and there are steps that need to be done in order for something to be approved. In a dictatorship what the ruler says goes and that is the end of it. The United States is not really similar to a dictatorship at all. The only things that are kind of similar are laws, because in either case the community still has to follow the laws or else there will be consequences. Another thing
According to Conley, dictatorship is a form of government that restricts the right to political participation to a small group or even to a single individual. In states that are under the rule of dictatorship there may be limited information given to the public, and brutal “disappearances” of nonsubmissive subordinates (pg. 593). Dictatorships can be very difficult to overthrow because the dictator has strong allies and know uses power ruthlessly, and many remain in mostly in the least-developed countries. One might describe the United States as a dictatorship because some people think the president of the United States has too much power, which commonly occurs in dictatorships. People fear that the government is trying to take away their guns,
Totalitarian – of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures
The absolute power Hussein possessed led to the absolute corruption of Iraq for nearly twenty-four years. During Hussein?s rule, 200,000 people were killed or ?disappeared?. Another major dictator was Adolf Hitler who dictated and killed countless human beings. Hitler?s philosophy of thinking made him kill retarded, crippled, and disabled children along with homosexuals and Jewish people. The power that Hitler received when he became leader corrupted him and made him kill six million Jews, nearly committing genocide on the Jewish population. The corruption increased, with Hitler?s desired to expand Nazi Germany. In addition, the dictatorship and corruption caused by power is also expressed in fictional stories.
America is synonymous with the word freedom, even being dubbed “the land of the free” by its own national anthem. But, what makes America so much more “free” than other countries? Some would argue that it’s America’s system of democracy, despite the fact that democratic governments are now the most common form of rule found in countries around the world. American democracy, although effective, is not the best democracy style for all nations; because, like many other countries, its government contains many flaws, including: its low voter turnout, two-party political parties creating division and deadlock in congress, and government positions of power being bankrolled and controlled by the rich.