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    The government always wants a perfect happy society, but some governments might try to control their citizens too much. Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, uses the story to describe a totalitarian government that wants total control to achieve their perfect society. Bradbury gives examples in the story such as monopoly of the media, coercion and state terrorism. These examples are all controlling factors that the government does in Fahrenheit 451 proving they are a totalitarian government

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    The Government Does Not Control Us! The government controlling our society is an issue that is very debatable, because there are pros and cons to each side. Many people think the government should control our society, because we would have a perfect world, everyone would fit in, and nobody would make bad decisions. Others think the government should not control our society, because the government would make our decisions for us, and take away opportunities for us to grow and learn from our decisions

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    contrasting government control. Within Greece were the Spartans and Athenians, which had two diverse governmental bodies. The Spartans were ruthless and focused on military success, while the Athenians lived off of a democracy and let their people decide what was best for the state. Close by were the Romans, who cared for their people liked the Athenians, but made acquiring land a necessity as to the Spartans. Although the Spartans, Athenians, and Romans were made up of different laws and government, they

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    world without government. Many people argue that government should under the ideas of John Locke or the ideas of Thomas Hobbes. Locke believes in no government and Hobbes believe their should be government. Government should be run as Hobbes argues because, without government society would be in chaos, there would be warfare, and no society as people know it. To begin with, without government, society would be in a state of chaos. Hobbes argues in the Leviathan why people need government: “continual

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    Government and Storytelling: A Greek Love Story Government and storytelling aren’t generally things that go together. Many times in literature government is the enemy of creativity and storytelling. In stories such as Fahrenheit 451, the government burns all books it comes into contact with. However, governments role in stories is not always negative, in many greek stories, government plays an important role, many of the protagonist are government rulers, and the plot of the stories depends on royal

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    The role of a government is to control a state or community using just values which benefit the general population. There are a multitude of perspectives one could take as to what extent the government is justified in its ruling of a people. Both John Steinbeck and David Thoreau write on the American government and where it falls short of it’s duty as a governing force. Steinbeck in Chapter 17 of The Grapes of Wrath focuses on the families which have taken the role of government into their own hands

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    Citizen Obligation to Government The establishment of the United States of America 's government was of the people, by the people, for the people. In “Resistance to Civil Government,” Henry David Thoreau through the supplementing of rhetoric devices perfectly argues the ineffectiveness of the government. In addition to outlining the hypocrisy and corruption , Thoreau courageously dots the short comings, responsibilities, as well as, expanding on effective and deliberate initiatives citizens must

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    best to preserve the political society they have set up. Together, we need to make sure that our needs are met by the government to maintain our social contract. Social contracts, natural rights, political societies and what a government provides its people are factors that keep us free and keep our government whole. A multitude of philosophers believed that without government mankind would be in a warlike state. Everyone would be constantly consumed by

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    downloaded behind your back allowing big brand companies and even the federal government to track what the people are doing. This is a major violation to our right to privacy which is implied in the Constitution.On the other hand, it’s understandable for the government to have a substantial amount of surveillance of the internet to monitor terrorists and people seeking to cause harm, but the extent the US government controls over the web is absurdly large and unnecessary. Overall, surveillance

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    decision making in Central Government, they often try to court media attention for their cause in order to influence the Government. Areas of media are also key in influencing decision making. Pressure groups are organisations that bring people together to campaign on issues that reflect the views of their members. They will use a variety of methods to influence and scrutinise the government, for example lobbying, where groups will actively seek meetings with members of government to discuss various issues

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