rebels: Someone who resists or defies the authority in place/calls into question the values that the authority stands for/right/moral
Reformer: Someone who seeks to reshape someone or something for the better through non-violent ways
Worldview: A set of values and perspectives on the world, society and fellow humans held by individuals or communities in a given place at a given time.
A worldview can be shaped by stereotypes + beliefs + opinions.
A worldview is NORMALIZED
What was the political landscape after WWII?
The introduction of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights 1945
Great britain gives more indépendance to old colonies, starts with India; independence in 1947
US = political + economic leader to colonial empires
2 super powers: US + USSR = Cold war + proxy wars
What is a proxy war?
when third parties get involved into a war instead of fighting each other separately
American slogan that shows anti-communist behaviour: better dead than red
Soviet union spreads its dominance across eastern europe + Poland
United states controls Western Europe, Africa, Japan, Philippines and Korea
Both have access to nuclear bomb
Mao Tse Tung = communist china
Berlin wall= seperation of the two beliefs
Iron curtain (Churchill) : Political metaphor of seperation of europe between both ideologies
What was the economic landscape after WWII?
US produces over 50% of all goods in the world
Marshall plan helped rebuild the european economic structure
Why did the US introduce the Marshall plan?
new markets
to ensure US political control over western and southern europe or wherever it can spread
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights?
What is the idea behind that document?
Society is made up of individuals rather than groups
Socialism
Supports the champion of the working class
Classless society
Governmentcontrol > meansofproduction
land + factories + naturalresources run by government for population
goal of government ownership: promote nationalist policies
state has to take wealth from rich and nationalize it and redistribute it to advance the whole society
taxlaws used to redistribute wealth
wealth can be redistributed through education, healthcare, public transit & free daycares
Capitalism
socio-economic system that tries to limit the role of government
Private ownership of resources, etc.
capitalists = fiscal conservatives = want to keep as much profit
promote free market regulated by supply and demand
Capitalists see socialists as people who are lazy and have no incentive to work since working more wont change your income
Liberalism
19th century: Fans of Laissez-faire economy = adam smith
20th century: steering the economy to redistribute wealth
structures, policies, regulations + social safety network
corporations can thrive but cannot exploit society
John Maynard Keynes
LIBERAL BELIEFS:
centrality of the individual in a system
rationality of individuals
equality of all
human universality
capitalism can exist but diminished with legislation and social policy
Fascism
Totalitarian
Authoritarian
belief in hierarchy of humans
society is seen as groups
groups such as condemned groups are seen undesirable
no human rights for condemned groups
leader is the law giver
capitalism in fascist state is to advance wars and social policy
Parents (silent generation):
Political: conservative, trust their elected officials, pro wars abroad, strong supporters of anti-communism
Social/cultural: conformist, accept authority, have faith in institutions, hate going against the grain, less tolerant of diversity, discriminatory society and conservative attitude towards sexuality
Religious: ritualistic
Economic: materialistic, know the value of money, know the value of financial stability due to experience of war and want, dont change jobs often, mandatory retirement was enforced.
Baby boomers
Political: rebellious, reject the political status quo/wars abroad/law and order mentality, don't trust elected officials
Social/cultural: rebellious, individualist, mavericks (independent minded person), open to diversity/changing gender roles/experimentation with new ideas + more open to cultures, travel the world, embraced the sexual revolution
Religious: spiritual + open to other religious expression
Economic: born during economic boom, want to make money with their own terms, can afford to switch jobs, job=form of self-actualization, like their jobs, entrepreneurial, don't like to retire, prosperous