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    Correctness Political correctness is a political ideology, nothing more. I believe political correctness is a political ideology and it cannot be correct unless it is linked to genuine transformation. First, I will examine the origins of political correctness to try to get a clear understanding of what this movement is. Second, I will show you that political correctness is political and how it became a political ideology. Lastly, I shall discuss why this ideology does not work. Political correctness is

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    Shape Magazine

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    In October 2012, Shape Magazine unveiled a new cover photo demonstrating and tying into the many societal beliefs and ideologies of the time, while interpellating each viewer or reader into the distinct subject position desiring to be like her. Interpellation is the process by which “an individual is constructed as a subject by the institutions of modern life; the unique individual is always defined by the generalized social categories of the modern state” (Nealon & Searls Giroux 44). Furthermore

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    Bartleby the Scrivener

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    capitalist subject who, at the beginning of the story, eagerly attends to his duties, was stripped of his job simply because of a new administration. Melville reveals how capitalism as an ideology essentially chews its subjects up only to leave the majority of them without high-paying positions; it is an ideology that perpetuates the failure of many while advantaging few. Even the narrator, a supposedly astute Wall Street lawyer, loses one of his professions before Bartleby’s entrance into his life:

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    Ideologies are referred as a set of ideas and values that provides a base for organised political action. They justify and influence the different theories of society and human nature. Ideologies have a big impact on policy making. Democratic and Republican parties differ on their ideologies and values, therefore, impacting policy formulation. Democrats fight for economic justice and security in the U.S. and global economies. For example, fairness is the core principle for the Congressional progressive

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    the consequences which may arise if they choose to go against policies which support the economic good of the neoliberal/capitalist system. As Cassar explains in his article, not only does the ruling class use their power to reinforce hegemonic ideologies through multiple institutions but

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    down more by others, depending on if their problems are seriously destructive to the society or not. An often time in doing so, these people are manipulated into a dominant ideology which represents arguments about whether things are of optimistic or pessimistic standards in our civilization. This set of central principles, ideology, produces particular manners and offer ethical regulations by which one’s dealings can be evaluated. In fact, the media production business appears to be the focal resource

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    also negative, which explains why it could be seen as reflecting reality. If TV news ‘reflects’ reality, it is problematic because it does not in fact reflect it, but gives the illusion it does. I will, in this essay, explain how through realism, ideology and narration, TV news expresses ideas of truthiness, falsiness, making its own reality. I first started the essay by looking at a TV news station that would apply to this

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    social issues and governments role in society. These beliefs are formed by a variation of aspects, which can include family, gender, religion, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and region. Even things like behavior, core ideals and values, and ideology can affect people’s political attitudes. However, these opinions are not set in

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    Alinsky created a controversial body of propaganda in the way he challenges core moral values of American beliefs for the time period such as Capitalism and the class system. He further challenges American beliefs by questioning the foundational ideologies of  Americans such as the extent of equality, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  To argue that Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals does not have radical ideals is a misconception as the document challenges the class system created by inequality

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    imposed a dominant ideology that sustained the movement of the radical right, in the time of severe political instability from World War II. The conservative political elites who wanted to sustain the production of capitalism utilized the economic and political imbalances to promote an agenda

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