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.
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