Libertarian socialism Essays

  • Living in a Utopia

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    humanity, shining bright and beautiful. This description of my idea of 'utopia' is an 'anarcho-pacifist' or 'anarcho-socialist' vision. 'Anarchism' also known as 'libertarian socialism.' Is different to 'libertarian capitalism' that is a thesis that emphasizes social liberty but not social justice, and 'authoritarian socialism' an antithesis that emphasizes social justice but not social liberty. Whereas 'anarchism' is a golden synthesis, which emphasizes ... ... middle of paper ... .

  • Requiem For The American Dream

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    have wealth, and to become wealthy, one must be economically successful. It is no coincidence that most politicians are well-off, and the more well-off they are the more influence they have. Political and economic systems such as capitalism and socialism have different views on government involvement in the economy; capitalist societies lean towards the notion of the less government is involved in the market the better—the argument being that it will lead to more opportunity and wealth, as well as

  • The Four Political Parties In Texas

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    Democratic, Green Party, and Libertarian. Each political party has a basic fundamental ideology and platform on current issues. The two major political parties in Texas and in the nation are the Republican and Democratic parties.Texas is a conservative state where the Republican Party has known success as the leading political party in Texas

  • Book Review: The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod

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    The first part of this review does not contain spoilers. Ken MacLeod's The Star Fraction is a fantasic science fiction novel about love, loss, socialism, anarcho-capitalism, "American-style ‘black helicopter’ libertarianism", and the looming threat of a fascistic world order. The Star Fraction's setting is post World War III UK, where the republican government has been overthrown by the monarchy, and a new kingdom has been established. After many failed violent revolutions to over throw the monarch

  • Two Marxist Objections to Exploitation

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    Marx's thought, whereas the entitlement objection is grounded in a more liberal account of the wrongfulness of capitalist exploitation. I conclude by connecting my analysis to the current debate between proponents and critics of market socialism. While market socialism could be a vehicle for realizing the values associated with the entitlement objection, this is not true for the expressivist objection. Furthermore, because the entitlement objection does not depend on a thick conception of the human

  • Comparing Conservatism and Socialism

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    disrupt our economic system, the way we live and the choices we make. In their case study; Mark Levin’s “Liberty and Tyranny” bases his ideas and views towards the dysfunction of the system with a Conservative view and G.A. Cohen’s book “Why not Socialism?” giving a better way of organization for our system and harmony for society. Mark Levin centers his research and ideas based on the influence of philosophers, among these, Adam Smith and John Locke to name a few. The Conservative idea is based

  • Marxism Isn't Dead

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    Marx by pointing to the cooperative movement, we have diverged from Marx's essentially political strategy for bringing about socialism onto an economic one of support for tendencies toward workplace democracy worldwide. Why isn't Marxism dead? Many anti-Marxists and even some Marxists say it is. As proof, anti-Marxists point to the failure of the Soviet model of socialism, that is, an undemocratic government controlling the means of production, replacing markets with bureaucratic planning of production

  • Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward

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    spiritual evolution as the underlying value in bringing unity. He proposes that spiritual evolution will lead to love where one perceives his neighbor as a brother and kill the enmity brought about by unhealthy competitions. He advocates for Christian socialism through Mr. Barton’s sermon. This contradicts Darwin’s theory and which defends competition and encourages capitalism. Bibliography Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward:2000-1887. New York: Random house, 1917. Darwin

  • Freedom Order And Freedom Essay

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    Maya Rzajeva Robin Datta 9057 2/06/2016 Freedom, order, and Equality The difficulty associated with democracy is evident in making challenging choices which unavoidably create conflict between critical values of a political system. The three main aims of democratic governments include maintenance of order, provision of basic liberties, and promotion of equality. In pursuance of these goals, governments infringe on the freedom of individuals, however, the level of the infringement depends on the commitment

  • Lenin's New Economic Policy: A Study of Short and Long Term Viability

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    Works Cited Richman, Sheldon L.. "War Communism to NEP: The Road from Serfdom." The Journal of Libertarian Studies V, no. 1 (1981): 89-97. Davies, R.W. "New Economic Policy." New Perspective 3, no. 3 (1998). Davies,R.W.. Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev. Cambridge: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, 1998. Boettke,Peter J.. The political economy of Soviet socialism: the formative years, 1918-1928. 1 ed. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990.

  • Mikhail Bakunin And Utilitarianism

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    individuals. In fact, Bakunin’s anarchism rejected all types of authority, ranging from classes all the way up to God. His anarchism was made up of five different characteristics: liberty, socialism, federalism, anti-theism, and materialism. An important thing to define is his socialism. Bakunin’s socialism was a collective anarchism, which included the abolition of state and ownership by production which was counter to the argument of other socialists at the time, including Karl Marx. The federalism

  • Class Conflict: Catalyst to French and Russian Revolutions

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    Revolutions have always been linked to social injustice brought on by classism and the imbalance economic responsibility. Despotism was present throughout Europe for decades before the people filled the streets fighting for reformation in policy, particularly those that have a direct effect on everyday living conditions. Anger and disdain was at the center of both the French and Russian Revolutions. In the years leading up to these events, the bulk of the population in the region of Europe were overworked

  • The Global Economy

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    The global economy is a complex and multi-faceted system. When one variable changes, such as a dramatic increase in the New Zealand dollar; the spin-off effects can be detrimental to some while increasing the wealth and living-standard of others. This essay will discuss the global economic system we have in place today, and the consequential distributive injustices as a result of this structure. The start of the capitalist economy we have today can be linked back to the industrial revolution between

  • The Role of the Government in Reducing Poverty

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    Introduction In 1986, President Ronald Reagan issued the pithiest expression of the modern American political conservative credo when he told a Chicago audience, “I've always felt that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.”1 While the current Republican administration is hardly an embodiment of this sentiment (President Bush has overseen the largest inflation-adjusted increase in federal spending since the Johnson Administration2)

  • Liberal, Conservative, and Socialist Ideals vs. Feminism before the 20th Century

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    but the 19th century was the perfect time for them to develop. During the 19th century, nations were going through radical changes; countries were adopting new ways of life based mainly of one of three ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, and socialism. The development of one of these ideologies, and the success of feminism in a country went hand in hand, and it is by analyzing the similarities, and differences between feminism, and each of these ideologies that we can see why feminism was most

  • class struggles

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    Class Struggles In the Communist Manifesto Karl Marx explains his historical vision of a revolutionary class struggle between Bourgeois and Proletarians. His views are highlighted from the very beginning “The History of all hitherto societies has been the history of class struggles” (50). Focusing on the development and eventual destruction of the bourgeoisie, which was the dominant class of his day, and the rise of the working class, that of the Proletarians. I do understand that in some cases

  • Communist Manifesto

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    paradise. Parts 3 and 4 of the Communist Manifesto are more arcane and relate more with the politics of the age and geographic region in which the document was written (1848). Section 3 discusses the various forms of socialism, feudal socialism, petty-bourgeios socialism, and "true" socialism. Part 4 goes on to show how these various groups inter-relate. The document ends with a stirring cry, "Working men of all countries, unite!" As one would expect, the Communist Manifesto is a declaration of the intentions

  • Survival of the Fittest

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    Survival of the fittest. This idea, also known as Darwinism, was theorized by scientist Charles Darwin to explain the evolution of animal species. In the late 1800s, however, the idea of Social Darwinism emerged and applied the same concepts of Darwinism but on humans not animals. As defined by the dictionary, Social Darwinism is a belief, popular in the late Victorian era throughout the world, which states that the strongest or toughest should survive and flourish in society, while the weak and

  • Labour Riot in Trinindad and Tobago

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    Social Unrest has shaped the development of Trinidad and Tobago since the middle of the 19th century. There were numerous attempts by the British Colonial Government to limit the celebration of Carnival, which sparked the Canboulay Riot of 1881 and 1884. In the early 20th century, the water riot culminated in the destruction of the Red House. Karl Marx made this famous statement ‘In such great developments twenty years are but a day and there may come days which are the concentrated essence of twenty

  • Lenin Followed the Marxist Ideology More Closely than Stalin

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    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels concocted the idea of Marxism, or Communism, in the mid-1800s, and this philosophy was one of the most influential ideologies of the time period, influencing many European political leaders such as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and Joseph Stalin. This brings up a question that historians have disputed for decades: who followed the Marxist policy more closely: Stalin or Lenin? Even though the rules of Stalin and Lenin were both based off of the concept of Communism, Lenin