are the ’cannon fodder’ for the exploits of the wealthy who mislead us into war. Often the war is even ’fomented’ by covert (secret) operations where rebels are trained and funded to stir up trouble‚ giving the Western oligarchs a good excuse to "intervene militarily’. Either way you cut it‚ the wealthy use their ’corporate-friendly’ mainstream news broadcasts to dummy down the public‚ create fictitious reasoning for war like: ’this operation is to establish democracy and freedom in the region’
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in iconography and doctrines. Thus‚ Buddhism’s subsequent transformation in Japan was the result of selective emphasis and adaptation. Until the twelfth century‚ Japanese Buddhism was closely linked to the aristocracy’s strategy of centralizing political control. The aristocracy’s artistic and religious tastes favored works of religious art that were majestic and awe-inspiring and that suggested parallel relationships to the existing worldly power structure. Many people know about Buddhism and its
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Second Red Scare 1. The two Red Scares The Red Scare refers to two distinctions of anti-Communism sentiment in the US‚ it resulted from the fear of spreading communism during the early and middle 20th century. The First Red Scare occurred during 1919-1920‚ the Second Red Scare lasted for decades after World War II. According to Fitzpatrick (2009)‚ during the World War I period‚ the US Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and Rising Justice Department star J. Edgar Hoover began to take on a “red menace”
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Climate Change Impacts on the Ocean Climate change has widespread effects. It doesn’t just affect weather and temperature. It will also have lasting effects on the ocean and the ecosystems within it. Coral reefs get hit hard by the temperature of the water getting warmer. “Warming of as little as 1°C causes coral bleaching‚ a state in which the tissues of the coral become colorless because of the loss of the zooxanthellae”(Hoegh-Guldberg‚Donner‚pg. 9‚ par 3). This bleaching can stress the reefs
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from biologic models examining the effects of climate change (Lawson et al. 2015; Walther et al. 2015). The role of environmental variance is challenging traditional theoretical approaches supplanting the notion of absolute climate changes. In a world with fluctuating climates‚ two main questions have emerged with urgency: first‚ how do ecologic assemblages respond to changes in environmental variance; and second‚ how does environmental variance affect ecologic assemblages’ responses to changes in
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“Free a man to fight” was a popular slogan for working women during WWII. How did women contribute to the war? When the U.S. was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor‚ America decided it was time to join the war effort. This required men to leave work and home to fight for their country. Before the war‚ women who worked had “traditionally female” professions which were sewing‚ typing‚ and stay at home mothers raising their children. When war began‚ “quickie marriages became the norm” as teens were getting
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The Cold War The cold war was a tense relationship between the Soviet Union and the Americans. The reason why they were fighting was because of the way their countries ran. The Soviet Union communism is a political way of thinking and an idea of how society should work and be organized. Communism is a kind of extreme socialism that says that there should not be social classes or states. Communism says that the people of any and every place in the world should all own the tools‚ factories‚ and
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American Values During The Cold War After World War II‚ technology was advancing and converting from military orientation to more consumer based companies. One of the new technology devices that were introduced to American consumers was television. American television in the 1940’s and 1950’s became a link marvel between Americans‚ podcasting news‚ shows‚ and movies. American television during the 1940’s and the 1950’s played a major rule in preserving American social values and it became
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How Did The Second World War Change Canada? The act of warfare has never been and will most likely never be celebrated and perceived as a beneficial act for humanity. In most instances throughout history‚ the act of war has represented loss of life‚ a loss to great for any wartime triumph to overcome. Despite the negative connotations that warfare implies‚ a nation which goes through a major war can often emerge positively transformed. The Second World War represents a colossal juncture in Canada’s
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Why did the United States Withdraw From the Vietnam War? The United States withdrew from the Vietnam War for several reasons. The Army had to fight in unfamiliar territory‚ was lacking in moral‚ were not prepared for the conditions‚ could not shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail‚ and were untrained to respond to guerilla warfare. This combination of disadvantages and the loss of public support led to the United States withdrawing from Vietnam. The United States Army was forced to fight in a new land that
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