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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VIKINGS IN AMERICA? who am I? Voyage to a new land The Vikings loved their stories – “sagas” – good to fill in the time in those long‚ dark winters. For a long time historians have known of stories which appear to describe Vikings traveling to America‚ although not everyone was convinced it really happened. We are going to take a closer look at the evidence‚ and investigate this for ourselves. Let’s start with a primary source‚ an extract from one of those ancient sagas: We join Leif Eriksson
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country. Due to this image of this wonderful country it brings in many tourists and immigrants. The land that started with only pilgrims of a Caucasian decent and our native pilgrims is filled with many different people. The better description of America now is multiculturalism it consists of many different races. Since the 1920’s the immigration rate has grown each decade and by the 1990’s it had reached over million immigrations. The Hispanics was among the millions of immigrates becoming the largest
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attempted to save money to weather the poor economy but this created stagnation which prolonged the depression. The Great Depression ended through the government’s increased involvement in the economy‚ in the short run. The economic downturn that America experienced in 1946 was due to a decrease in productivity because World War 2 was coming to a close. According to the article Stimulus by Spending
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all girls’ high school said “No one just drops out of school‚ they may transfer‚ but to drop out of school is a major disaster.” The statistics back it up. While in South Korea 93% of all students graduate high school‚ that number drops to 75% in America‚ more than 1.2 million students
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and the most modern of aspirations. At various times in our history‚ it has served as the rallying cry of the powerless and as a justification of the status quo. Freedom helps to bind our culture together and exposes the contradictions between what America claims to be and what it sometimes has been. American history is not a narrative of continual progress toward greater and greater freedom. As the abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson noted after the Civil War‚ “relutions may go backward”. Though
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of the Americas was an accident? In the late 1400’s the Americas‚ first thought to be Asia‚ were were mistakenly discovered by Christopher Columbus‚ a early Spanish explorer. This new discovery of the Americas was such an impacting discovery in Europe‚ otherwise known as the old world‚ because new land that was never thought to be existed was discovered. After this discovery‚ many new world explorers‚ also called Conquistadors‚ were sent from many places located in Europe to the Americas to explore
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AMERICAN PATRIOTISM By: dat E-mail: xasianboyx@aol.com AMERICAN PATRIOTISM Patriotism in America is the love for or devotion to America. Patriotism represents people who love this country and support the country’s authority and interests. American patriotism does not only mean an unquestioning loyalty to the decisions of the United States government. Patriotism is staring unblinkingly into the face of history. It is to acknowledge the injustices and cruelties that have been a part of the
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the student had merely murdered someone he would have attracted far less attention and criticism. Racism is‚ indeed‚ the national obsession. Universities are on full alert for it‚ newspapers and politicians denounce it‚ churches preach against it‚ America is said to be racked with it‚ but just what is racism? Dictionaries are not much help in understanding what is meant by the word. They usually define it as the belief that one’s own ethnic stock is superior to others‚ or as the belief that culture
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Vet. Lopez‚ Ryan Professor Arena Soc 240 3/6/2014 Racism in America “There is a strange kind of enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one‚ or almost no one ‚ wishes to see themselves as racist; still‚ racism persist‚ real and tenacious”(Albert Memmi‚ Racism). About fifty years ago‚ America was a society of segregation and extreme racism‚ which has been passed down from generation to generation. Racism has been a major problem in our society. Not only that‚ but
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