Due to the Cold War (as well as other events in history) there has come the idea that socialism is something bad. This is of course due to misinformation that has been perpetuated throughout time and there are still people who believe that socialism is equated to communism. That being said, the way that capitalism has failed many people today is plain to see. The biggest issue with America's economy is (arguably) allowing people to garner millions of dollars while the woking class suffers. Something that needs to be considered after this whole situation--or perhaps even now--is how we can create an economy that truly makes sense--where people don't just have trillions of dollars but aren't getting fairly taxed.
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When looking at both the negative and positive things that came with the scientific advancements made in both WW1 and WW2 it is hard to see whether they were necessarily worth it. While scientific advancement is amazing, the ways in which this new technology was used led to very terrible outcomes for many people and countries. That as well as the idea that countries such as the United States have nuclear weapons in many numbers, creates some sort of anxiety as to what they would be used for.
I personally feel that while scientific advancement is amazing, there were things that could have been furthered upon rather than technology which would and continue to negatively impact huge numbers of people as well as land. There are many similarities that can be seen between the Rabbit Proof Fence and Gandhi. There are similar fights that occur in both situations/movies; however, they differ in what is being fought for. In RPF we see that the aboriginals are not fighting for their land just yet, but rather the right to simply exist without being hunted down, killed, kidnapped, and all these other terrible things. In Gandhi, we see the road to re establishing India as it's own country, away from the Imperial British. When we look at Hawai'i, many activists would say that Hawaiians have somewhat overcome the hurdle that is represented in RPF...and in ways there is activism occurring that could be similar to that of Gandhi.
The Treaty of Versailles happened post World War I in the palace of Versailles in France. The League of Nations came together saying they wouldn’t go to war any time soon and blamed Germany for the war. Because of this, Germany suffered a lot of hardship. The terretories Germany had won in the Franco-Prussian war were taken away, they were forced to ddemilitarize and reduce their army, and were heavily taxed leading to a horrible economy. This all made way for Hitler’s rise, promising the people to bring back Germany’s national pride. At the same time as Hitler’s sort of rising, Italian nationalist, Mussolini was as well. Mussolini was the creator of fascism or the toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control. Mussolini and Hitler had both signed the Pact of Steel in 1939 and led fascist movements in the 1930s and 1940s. Hitler also began to take more and more lands for example Czechoslovakia. At the same time, America was attempting to impose trade on Japan which was an isolationist country. The Japanese were forced into unequal treaties and now had limited resources. Because of this, they began to expand taking over Northern China and surprisingly winning Russia. They expanded into the Pacific and became a threat to the West making the Western countries force them back. These factors, expansion and social revolution, are what arguably led to WW2. Many things came as a result of The First Big Fight. Countries were basically able to better ally themselves as it allowed for countries to better understand who was with who. From World War I, we also see the rapid advancements in new technology. With free-thinking, philosophy, etc., it led us to the Enlightenment Era which then leads to the Industrial Revolution and then eventually the scientific revolution and inventions. This is important to note because the First Big Fight was considered the first scientific war. Scientific advancements were happening at a rapid pace and it was all going toward the war which led to many new technological advancements as well as resources. Some of the scientific and technological advancements introduced were tanks, automated machine guns, submarines, as well as chemical warfare. This is very important because it completely changed trench warfare as well as Indian/Open warfare. Prior to these advancements, especially chemical warfare, it was nearly impossible for soldiers to cross the borderlines on foot. However, with the use of these weapons, they were essentially able to kill many people in the trenches which then allowed for them to cross. Many deaths resulted from the use of these weapons. Although this modernized warfare caused many deaths, disease is truly what killed many people even after the war. Three times more people died from disease than the number of soldiers who actually died in the war. This brings about the Malthusian Flux which is a theory by English economist Thomas Robert. His theory states that populations tend to increase at a faster rate than its means of substance (resources) and that unless people are able to practice moral restraint--have fewer children--or some sort of disaster occurs in order to “check” the population, poverty and degradation is inevitable. This is very important to note because we could very easily see how this theory explains the cause of World War I; which is the conflict between Bosnia and Serbia which was about land. The enlightenment area is what essentially led to industrialization, colonization, as well as imperialism. When linking this to sustainability, there is an understanding that many of the technological advancements made during these periods of time were far from sustainable and have come to negatively impact our environment and those that live in it (wildlife, plants, etc.)
My group had planned to do a clean up with the Genoa Keawe Foundation, however, we weren’t able to see the plan through due to multiple complications. Despite this, my family had actually planned to feed the homeless through an organization, but on the day we were supposed do this I passed out and was resting for the next week or so. Chevy had also gone home which made the process difficult. Of course, during the holidays’ nobody was wanting or able to do the community service. The day after New Years my dad had a medical emergency and has been in the hospital since. This made planning very hard as I have been at the hospital every day up until going back to school. Malie was also performing a lot and was exhausted which was also a factor in our planning. Essentially we could have planned better, although I feel like a lot of our circumstances were due to things we werenʻt exactly able to control (such as Chevy having to go home). That being said I’m sure we will learn from this and attempt to finish our community service prior to February 1st. That being said, I do feel like I was able to establish somewhat of a better understanding of property and UN Humanity goals through my family and feeding the homeless. Although I wasn’t able to go, I was later able to listen to what had happened and the reason why my family wanted to do that during the holiday season. |
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