The Best Way To Understand America

The first part of chapter one discusses the influence that the government has on our everyday life. Whether we realize it or not the government plays a role in the smallest this such as the electricity that power the lights and the water that is pumped and purified are both a result of the hand or the state government. However, many people are suspicious and apprehensive to provide the government too much power and are suspicious of the motives of politicians. In class, we discussed the presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s leaked emails which contained information that was questionable and upset many Americans. Although people may have their doubts about the government the chapter reminds us that we all must still turn to its powers in our time of need, as well that American citizens have been devoted to their support in the time or war. The chapter further expresses that the best way to understand American government is to identify and understand the relationship between the people and the power
Liberty is fist that shows America's freedom from governmental control and its economic freedom. In respect to governmental control, the class looked at the spectrum of democracy, which illustrated that political systems are not black and white rather most countries govern with different levels of democracy implemented. The class then briefly looked at America's economic freedom, comparing the capitalist approach to other governmental systems such as socialism and communism. Equality is the merit that regardless of a person's status or wealth in America, every individual has the right to participate in politics based on the principle of “one person one vote”. Finally, democracy was express as a system whereby political authority is determined and ultimately controlled by the people, which the lecture also refers to as popular