The Inevitable Downfall of Macau Hendrick de Leewuw described Macau as home to “all the riffraff of the world‚ the drunken shipmasters; the flotsam of the sea‚ the derelicts‚ and more shameless‚ beautiful‚ savage women than any port in the world. It is a hell” (Osnos). While this quote from Leewus’ book Cities of Sin dates back to the 1930’s‚ this quote represents the lifestyle that has made Macau the global attraction it is today. Macau’s history as a Portuguese colony has allowed it to retain
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“Those that make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” President John F. Kennedy understood the importance of nonviolent protest as a vital component in a democracy. From the founders and the philosophy that went into our founding documents to this very day we can see that peaceful demonstrations against unjust laws or governmental actions have brought about great change and ultimately a healthier climate in society. Peaceful resistance to laws demonstrates the
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“Poverty is a natural phenomenon-it cannot be eradicated” Poverty dwells amidst the hungry‚ within the homeless‚ dealing with hardships of heat and frost. Poverty is the helplessness felt when the sick are deprived of medical care‚ when the society drowns deeper into the realms of illiteracy‚ when the fear of being unemployed forces one into illegal means like corruption. Poverty swells in the tears of the powerless old‚ reflected in the void eyes of the innocent childhood‚ trapped in the limbs
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Inequality‚ without many realising it‚ has become a large contributing factor into our everyday lives. It has been practised for many centuries‚ from racism to gender discrimination in the workplace. Inequality has proved to be a crisis for not just an individual‚ but society as a whole. Whilst some are visibly born into it‚ such as poverty‚ we can still experience it in other factors of life that we may not fully pay attention to at first. Following the second world war‚ we coined the term neo-racism
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Outline and assess the functionalists’ theory of social inequalities The Functionalist theory believes that Social stratification‚ including age inequality‚ is necessary for the functioning of a healthy society. Their perspective of social inequality is the belief that "inequality is not only inevitable but also necessary for the smooth functioning of society’. Functionalists believe that Age has become more important in modern society; age provides the function of social integration leading to
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The United States is a capitalistic nation‚ which is a normal phenomenon to have a wealth inequality. Otherwise‚ it would be a communist nation. However‚ when the wealth gap is too wide‚ there would be a big problem‚ such as the working class people are not able to afford their shelters and foods. Capitalism is known as an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by individuals rather than the government. In other words‚ capitalism is a system that the
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Like the clouds block out the sunlight‚ pride can cloud reasonable judgement. Being prideful can lead others or oneself into making wrong judgments. Adding Elizabeth and Darcy’s dispute‚ Elizabeth’s refusal to a proposal‚ and Elizabeth’s findings of Mr. Wickham’s true intentions‚ Jane Austen‚ the author of Pride and Prejudice teaches that pride clouds reasonable judgement. Elizabeth and Darcy the two main characters of Pride and prejudice didn’t start out fond of each other and that is because
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America had two rebellious eras which was The Roaring Twenties and The Sixties but however there were distinguishable differences. The Roaring Twenties experience the change when people started to migrate from the rural to the cities. For instance‚ women begin to express themselves by dressing more revealing‚ drink publicly‚ smoke publicly‚ and are more sexually active. Not only that‚ during this time it was illegal to sell‚ consumer‚ or create alcoholic beverages but people however rebelled against
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tThere was nothing ‘natural’ about monoculture. It was a consequence of imperialist requirements and machinations‚ extending into areas that were politically independent in name. Monoculture was a characteristic of regions falling under imperialist domination. Certain countries in Latin America such as Costa Rica and Guatemala were forced by United States capitalist firms to concentrate so heavily on growing bananas that they were contemptuously known as ‘banana republics’. In Africa‚ this concentration
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It is valid to say that the Soviet victory at Stalingrad in 1943 was indeed inevitable. Germany had launched a massive offensive on the 12th of July 1942 named operation Blue. It was here at the city of Stalingrad that the Germans would fight one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The German sixth army faced the Soviet 62nd army. The Soldiers of the Wehrmacht would have to fight for every centimeter of land and had to battle through every house‚ in every sewer and factory against the might of the
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