Today Americans find themselves living in an idiocracy. The definition of idiocracy for the purposes of this essay shall be a government run by fools. In America‚ the least qualified and least capable are routinely placed in power. Moreover‚ once in power their only goal becomes to keep power for themselves and their selected special interests. Not only are their purported beliefs often foolish‚ but they seek to denounce facts and science to protect these beliefs. These fools often find ready partners
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colonies in north am decided to become indep from the kingdom. • Colonial Times II • Independence: the war for indep‚ the am revolution. • The Young Republic (1790-1830): the first 40 years of the am history‚ marked the transition to a republic democracy. • The Antebellum Period (1830-1860): Before the civil war • The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1880) The period: 1600s to 1880 Aristotle: "The beginning is half the whole". "Indians" When Americas was settled in
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Unemployment Rates Daniel Park March 28‚ 2013 America continues to have a high unemployment rate that causes many Americans to move out of homes‚ while South Korea has of the lowest unemployment rate. The U.S. has struggled with continuous rise of employment rates since 2008. The main focus to the issue is creating jobs. America believed that creating jobs would be able to help the economy because people would be able to get jobs. So the government tried to add as many jobs they would
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In Colonial America the level of opportunity available for each resident depended upon how much money they had‚ where they live‚ and what position they held in the social hierarchy. In this time as well as in today’s society money rules over everything. Colonists leave their homelands not only to gain religious freedom‚ but to free themselves from the poverty they live in everyday in Britain. Colonial America offered an opportunity to start fresh. In Colonial America the more money you had the
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Before South Africa was colonized by the Dutch and British‚ the African societies were farming-based communities. But when Jan Van Riebeeck‚ an official of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)‚ came to South Africa in 1652‚ African Societies where changed under European Colonial rule (“History”). When the Dutch came over‚ the African rulers began to trade with the new settlers. What the rulers traded the most were firearms because the more guns‚ knives‚ etc. the rulers had in their possession‚ the
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was ware in itself. Plus they could not vote nor attend public school so life outside of slavery was no easier. This is what was going on in the north‚ but they still preferred to live there because the south was no better. At least they had a better opportunity to receive a job in the North. Then the civil war occurred which had a major effect on the South. It created so much instability within society people began dropping to the lower class because they were having trouble selling agriculture due
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Slavery took place in Colonial America in a complicated way. Around 1960 historians describe slavery in certain in a way‚ which leads them to think that there is differences between Whites and Blacks when it comes to intelligence‚ civilization‚ morality or physical capacity. All of the sudden White starting to think they should be the leader of people from Africa. They think that people from Africa should be the one doing all the hard work. Then the Civil right movement began in the 20th century
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America Immigration www.anerucabimmigrationcouncil.org/resarch/how-united-states-immigration-system-works. -Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) - the body of law governing the current immigration policy provides for an annual worldwide limit of 675‚000 permanent immigrants‚ with certain exceptions for close family members. -lawful permanent residents (LPR’S) are eligible to apply for nearly all jobs and can remain in the country even if they are unemployed. -Immigration to the United States
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culture of South America. Some might say Asia‚ more specifically the Koreas. With long history and beautiful art‚ the Koreans are a strong contender. The North unfortunately lost most of their culture while becoming communist‚ making the South the better of the two. Although North and South Korea were initially one country‚ when they split South Korea became the better country because its people kept rich culture that is present in all parts of life‚ people have strong family ties‚ and South Korea became
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The United States is known for its deeply religious history‚ as well as its tolerant religious diversity. However‚ this religious dynamic has been faced with some shocks. On the other hand‚ the religious diversity of this nation continues to grow with non-Western religions making a presence in our nation in the recent years. Despite this growth in religious diversity‚ the United States is still known for its Christian traditions. By looking at these concepts of thinking‚ it is clear that there
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