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    would look like. Aristotle mentions a few various true forms of government such as a kingship, aristocracy, and polity as well as their perverted forms such a tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy. The perverted forms are the same as the true ones only the true forms rule for the common interest and the perverted forms rule only to benefit the ruler(s). This represents

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    problems, that light in the darkness. Though often times our problems stay, and I can be super hard to overcome them! No matter what financial status you are in and what social class you're under. The great story behind this amazing book might teach us how to be successful in solving those problems, by showing the examples of loyalty and friendship, through what you can easily solve those regular teenage problems! Everyone always needs that advice, no matter which century you live in... Absolutely

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    neoliberalism views, under Thatcher in UK and Reagan in US, the administration cut taxes significantly. Harvey states: “Corporate taxes were reduced dramatically, and the top personal tax rate was reduced from 70 to 28 per cent in what was billed as ‘the largest tax cut in history’” (Harvey 2005). So, cutting taxes seems like a good idea, but at the same time the government most likely will start cutting budget, cutting back on some government programs. The rich started to accumulate more wealth and those in

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    The Relationships of Waverly Jong and Jing-mei Woo in The Joy Luck Club        Amy Tan in her novel The Joy Luck Club presents us with daughters who are striving to place themselves beyond the control of strong mothers and become individuals. Adrienne Rich in her book Of Woman Born calls this splitting from the mother, "matraphobia" (Rich, 235), and later notes: "The mother stands for the victim in ourselves, the unfree woman, the martyr. Our personalities seem dangerously to blur and overlap

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    religion. In the journal Model of Christian Charity, he conveys the message that all rich people act kindly to poor. All poor also respect the rich that way we can create ideal public community. “the rich and mighty not eat up the poor, nor the poor and despised rise up against their superior.” (pg. 59) Winthrop think of Christian Charity as whole, and hope that rich people help poor people. Because god provide wealth to rich people. I agree with his idea, I think it still exists in U.S economy

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    Wealth and Happiness

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    and wealth is one of the necessities for those who want this power. However, nowadays many seek wealth, because they want the freedom that money can grant, and thus become happier. Some people tend overrate how much happier they will get by becoming rich. That leads to the question: “Can you buy happiness?” 1. In the first text, David Brooks tries to explain the correlation between wealth and happiness. With Sandra Bullock’s experience as an example, he tries to prove his point that getting richer

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    scared to death. We are all scared of them, all of us give them gifts and cookies. In the summer of 1692, Salem was in a dilemma. Girls took drugs from their slave and started to see things that weren’t actually there. They started The Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What caused 20 people to be hanged in Salem during the summer months of 1692? The Salem Witch Trials was caused by poor, young girls who acted possessed because they were jealous of the rich. The young girls didn’t wanted to be bossed around

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    Income Inequality and Society

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    treatment of capital gains and other invest income, resulting in windfall profits for the wealthiest Americans” (Lieberman). Taxes are taking away the lower class’ money and making them even poorer, while the automation of industrial jobs are making the rich even richer and taking jobs from the poor. It would be much more logical if a law was put into place restricting the automation of industrial jobs. Although not one person alone can change the income gap, there are little things that could lessen the

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    things will make us happy and live a better life, adoring being widely rich in the tv shows we watch, music we listen to, social media and what we read in the news or books. Social media accounts like Rich kids of Instagram attracting more teenagers than any educational accounts on social media. In addition, the show Secret Lives of The Super Rich are attracting more viewers than any other educational tv shows, it shows the entertainment teenagers find interesting. The song “Super Rich Kids,” by Frank

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    But on the other side of this scale is the nuclear bomb. For the first time in history the fifties witnessed humans having the technology to destroy the world in a matter of minutes. This expresses to us of how technology can also be dangerous to us and that having technology doesn’t always mean that it will make our lives better. Bradbury is fore telling what might happen if this technology were to get into the wrong hands. Dystopia is another main element of science fiction

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