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    believe in governmental action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all, and that it is the duty of the government to reduce community issues and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights. Liberalism is a group of political, social and economic theories that centers on the values of individual liberty, equality, economic freedom, limited and democratic government and the rule of law. The Liberal ideology performs four functions like all ideologies, explanatory, evaluative, orientative

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    conservative? Being a liberal means you believe in liberalism which means you support a more active role of the government; it is defined by Webster dictionary as the belief in the value of social and political change in order to achieve progress. On the other hand being a conservative means you believe in conservatism which means you support a greater reliance on the free market; however, it is also defined by Webster dictionary as a belief in the value of established and traditional practices in politics

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    communism, there would be no classes and economic benefits would be shared equitably.8 Marxist History is therefore, that interpretation of history on the basis of not only social and political factors but also economic factors. Marxist historians asserted that poverty and diseases of the poor people are as a result of social classes and conditions under which peasants lived and worked.9 The base of man’s problems was to be found in the division of society into classes. Therefore, in order building

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    unique American system of being dominated by two major political parties; Republicans and Democrats. Over time these political parties have experienced massive changes but in modern America they have crafted very unique identities. With regards to social issues such as abortion rights and treatment of minority groups and economic issues such as fiscal spending, income taxes and welfare, Republicans in general have been characterized as mainly conservative, tax averse and against government entitlements

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    Ideology is a consistent system of ideas, values, and beliefs. It tells us who should get what, when, and how. When we use the terms conservatism and liberalism we think reasonably when it comes to the values and beliefs. When we pin labels on people that are fairly repetitive to those values in the public 's eye. Back in reality, neither of the political leaders or the citizens display consistent opinions but many others view the issues on other people. Ideological organizations follow liberal or

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    The Welfare State Poverty is a rampant domestic issue, of that there is no doubt. According to the United States Census Bureau, as of 2015, “there were 43.1 million people in poverty” (Proctor). However, the causes of poverty and how they should be remedied are points of serious contention in the political world. When the divide falls between liberals and conservatives, the left and the right, both sides have their own very different ideologies. For the liberal leaning side of the spectrum poverty

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    I’ve explained several times in these pages and elsewhere that one of the greatest threats a modern-day Fascist will come across is the temptation to expediency. That through working with and through the present system a false belief that something resembling a Fascist Republic can be built. There are several perceived advantages to doing this, first and foremost is bypassing the time needed to build a 50 State organization, thereby saving time, money and the lives of any number of people negatively

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    liberal or conservative. True Christianity falls somewhere in the middle. Conservatism is (by basic definition) is conserving in society of what is right. That idea (if simply taken) is simply biblical in nature (Alcorn). Christian conservatism today more involves with “the way things used to be” idea, and tends to keep the traditions of society and in this case the old ideals and interpretations of Christianity. Conservatism exaggerates on the notion that your beliefs need to be firm and to spread

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    instrumental in shaping conservative thought. Burke, an Anglo-Irish statesman and political theorist, wanted to warn his countrymen of the dangers inherent in the ideology of the revolutionaries. Conservatism pointed to a limitation of the enlightenment. It showed that human beings and social relationships are far more complex than the philosphes had imagined. They often find familiar customs and ancestral religions more satisfying guides to life than the blueprints of philosophers. Conservative

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    is what I would consider off base or has a bias” and that is because there is a bias. Having a bias in social media is not a good thing because it affects the quality of journalism and the audience’s views on politics. No matter how much people complain about a bias in our society it is not going to change any time soon. The best thing that the public can do is educate themselves on the social media that agrees with their views and morals. Two of the top media services, National Public Radio and

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