Applying Revolutions
With the first Five-Year plan implemented by Joseph Stallin in 1928, which focused mainly on creating heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture, the environment of Russia changed for some can say the better or for the worse. With the Five-Year plan, the shift from Agriculture Revolution to the Industrial revolution affected immensely the land and the people residing within the land. By the second plan, collectivization led to horrible scarcity of food which resulted in the death of millions. Within the fourth plan, the Soviet Union stressed heavy industry and military buildup. In 1953, the Five-Year plan was proved highly successful. However, after the Great Leap Forward in 1958, the goals and plans conflicted amongst each other, leading the nation to failure.
The Five Year plan in Russia led to lots of economic changes which varied everyone within the nation, leading them either to riches, or rags. Majority of the times, the people who resided in Russia was headed to rags. With the scarcity of food supply and new developments of the Industrial Revolution, poverty became a big crisis within Russia.
The Five Year plan in Russia led to lots of economic changes which varied everyone within the nation, leading them either to riches, or rags. Majority of the times, the people who resided in Russia was headed to rags. With the scarcity of food supply and new developments of the Industrial Revolution, poverty became a big crisis within Russia.
According to the European Union, Russia is currently recovering from the recession that hit in 2015, caused by a combination of a spike in oil prices and international sanctions. President Vladimir Putin has made revitalizing the economy his top priority this term. Russia's economic policy has important implications for its relations with the European Union, not only because Russia is the EU's fourth-largest trading partner. Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine exacerbate the structural problems mentioned above; if Russia wants to improve its economic performance, getting sanctions lifted is an important part of the way forward. On the other hand, continued stagnation may encourage Vladimir Putin to compensate for his country's economic weakness through continued confrontation with the West.
Poverty affects Hawai’i in multiple different ways. It varies from the high cost of living, drug and alcohol abuse, lack of mental health institutions, and lack of financial support for veterans and ex-cons. There are also families who migrate from poorer countries to come to Hawai’i to live a better life in “Paradise”, but end up not having or making any money. Many people who are homeless here in the islands struggle with drug abuse and are not able to afford the much-needed help to help them get back on their feet. Homeless under mental illnesses are too sick to even understand that they need help, and many don’t even know that they have a mental illness. This makes it harder for the homeless to seek help and many times they stay on the streets for decades. Homeless citizens also do not accept the help that they receive from treatment services because they say they will do it later. Another big factor as to why there are so many homeless on the street is because of the lack of affordability in Hawai’i. Housing in Hawai’i may seem great, but the cost of living in it is not so much. An estimate of the home value in Honolulu was around $677,000. Apartment cost for renting per month is around $2,040 for a two-bedroom apartment. This average is 70% higher than the national average! Poverty in Hawai’i affects many citizens in Hawai’i, but also around the globe.
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Blair, A. (2019, April 27). Changes would make it easier to force homeless with severe mental illnesses to get treatment. Retrieved from https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04/27/changes-would-make-it-easier-force-homeless-with-mental-illness-get-treatment/.
[email protected], D. N. (2018, July 29). Helping homeless with mental illness is complicated. Retrieved from https://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/07/29/hawaii-news/helping-homeless-with-mental-illness-is-complicated/.
How Drugs and Alcohol Abuse Fuels Chronic Homelessness. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://ihshawaii.org/news/how-drugs-and-alcohol-abuse-fuels-chronic-homelessness.
Uberti, D. (2019, February 21). They Moved To Hawaii For A Better Life. They Ended Up Homeless. Retrieved from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-housing-homeless-cofa-migrants_n_5c5c51aae4b00187b559215a.
Blair, A. (2019, April 27). Changes would make it easier to force homeless with severe mental illnesses to get treatment. Retrieved from https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04/27/changes-would-make-it-easier-force-homeless-with-mental-illness-get-treatment/.
[email protected], D. N. (2018, July 29). Helping homeless with mental illness is complicated. Retrieved from https://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/07/29/hawaii-news/helping-homeless-with-mental-illness-is-complicated/.
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The French Revolution: Hawaiʻi & Sustainability. |
Criteria that led up to the French Revolution would have to start by neglecting your people. During the French Revolution, the monarchy and the middle class were oblivious with how their choices neglected the needs for the poor in their land. They started taxing the lower class at high amounts, where even the nobility and clergy never had to pay. They didn’t have enough food and when it came to voting, eveeryone had one vote, even though the lower class dominated the population in Europe. Because of all of this, it angered the people to revolt against the government, and ultimately overthrew the French Monarchy.
I believe the biggest thing that continues to impact poverty is the fact that our government is the way it is. From having people with little to none while they're a dime of dozen millionaires living with no care, and no need to care because their wealth does not affect anyone else. Or at least what they are told. The truth is that poverty is due to poor circumstances and laws of the system which has caused the society to be how it came to be currently. However, it is all our faults; because we continue to comply with the system and its ways. Although it is also not for us to put the ultimate blame on, because then again a lot of us were brought up in this system blindly, where the only option is to comply by its rules.
Today, we are able to see tons of examples that could lead up to the coming of revolution in both Modern America and Modern Hawaii. Over time, the power of the people have grown; therefore, the chance of revolution such as what founded our countries in the first place, to me is bound to happen. In Modern America, we can see activists daily using their voice in the streets and taking it a step beyond that, and in to the press room. Rallies, student walk-outs; I wouldnʻt be surprised if there was another Boston Tea Party. Change is constant, especially with the help of those activists that are not afraid to stand up and change. Such as modern activists we see actively today in Hawaii. From the kiʻai on Mauna Kea, down to Sherwoods and Kahuku, the likely of Hawaiians revolutionizing is pretty common if you ask me. Especially with Ku Kiaʻi Mauna in effect, the history of the Hawaiian people are finally having light shed upon it. Soon, i'm sure there will be something soon.
I believe the best way to handle poverty in Hawaii, would be to figure out a cash-free way where all can survive. How we can make sure the government that replaces the state government if we were free again, is to use social policies by other nations where they worked and solved or at least mitigated the crisis. We can solve this by implementing more social policies, to aid our people.
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Holcombe, M., & Boyette, C. (2019, December 20). Hawaii governor pulls state police from site of monthslong telescope construction protests at Mauna Kea. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/us/mauna-kea-construction-stopped/index.html
Lincoln, M. (2019, September 27). City pledges to press forward with controversial Waimanalo park project despite arrests. Retrieved from https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/09/26/opponents-controversial-project-waimanalo-blocking-access-sherwood-forest/
Staff, H. N. N. (2019, November 16). HPD disputes claims of excessive force at wind farm protest. Retrieved from https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/11/15/least-arrested-hundreds-wind-farm-protesters-turn-out-kalaeloa/
Holcombe, M., & Boyette, C. (2019, December 20). Hawaii governor pulls state police from site of monthslong telescope construction protests at Mauna Kea. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/us/mauna-kea-construction-stopped/index.html
Lincoln, M. (2019, September 27). City pledges to press forward with controversial Waimanalo park project despite arrests. Retrieved from https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/09/26/opponents-controversial-project-waimanalo-blocking-access-sherwood-forest/
Staff, H. N. N. (2019, November 16). HPD disputes claims of excessive force at wind farm protest. Retrieved from https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/11/15/least-arrested-hundreds-wind-farm-protesters-turn-out-kalaeloa/
Expansion Concepts
Out of the four major concepts, the one that impacted globalization to help set up our Kahiau project would have to be the Native People who were used in the workforce. As the westerners were coming into Hawai’i back in the 1800s, they started pushing for more western land, slowly pushing Hawaiians off of their rightfully owned land. As time went on, the United States took over Hawai’i and used its people to benefit their sugar business. Western influence grew more and more, eventually leading to the removal of Hawaiians from their lands due to the gentrification of their communities.
Our native land is used for things that donʻt benefit us or we donʻt see the rewards for our labors. Because of this, there is a large amount of poverty and homelessness within our Lāhui and communities.
Everything here is expensive and the pay is low. With ever-increasing rent and cost of living, only the rich will be able to live here and have a nice state of living.
Hypothetically, if Hawaii was its own independent nation and we had to address the problem head on, we could stop imports on useless items to help bring back our economy due to American policies. Or maybe we could just send the American homeless back to Hawai’i, and focus on helping to recover the homeless Hawaiians off the street to give homes once more. To help address the problem with our current government in Hawaii, we could ensure more help towards less homelessness by giving back our Hawaiian homes, or to lower taxes for the homelessness who are working to be able to get back on their feet.
Some solutions the government could have in place would be
Our native land is used for things that donʻt benefit us or we donʻt see the rewards for our labors. Because of this, there is a large amount of poverty and homelessness within our Lāhui and communities.
Everything here is expensive and the pay is low. With ever-increasing rent and cost of living, only the rich will be able to live here and have a nice state of living.
Hypothetically, if Hawaii was its own independent nation and we had to address the problem head on, we could stop imports on useless items to help bring back our economy due to American policies. Or maybe we could just send the American homeless back to Hawai’i, and focus on helping to recover the homeless Hawaiians off the street to give homes once more. To help address the problem with our current government in Hawaii, we could ensure more help towards less homelessness by giving back our Hawaiian homes, or to lower taxes for the homelessness who are working to be able to get back on their feet.
Some solutions the government could have in place would be
- Leverage additional State funding to attract more private investment to construct more affordable housing.
- “Identify and develop vacant and underutilized State lands for affordable housing near Oahu rail stations, public transportation and employment centers, and, whenever possible, include daycare, senior centers, and community facilities as part of new affordable housing sites.
- Work with the counties to expedite planning and construction approvals so that affordable rental housing can be built in a shorter time and at lower cost.
- Build more affordable housing units in Kakaako, which is fully under State control. It provides a unique opportunity to generate new affordable housing.
- Upgrade and increase public housing. Our State public housing needs to be managed and operated by qualified non-profit and private companies so tenant issues are immediately addressed, facilities are properly maintained, and units added that are targeted for low-income seniors and those with special needs. These solutions were offered by David Ige and his administration.
Enlightenment, Industrialization, Colonization and Imperialism
The two Philosophers that tie to our Kahiau project are Rene Descartes and Jean-Antonie-Nicolas Caritat. Both have different philosophies, one viewed on mathematics and reaction, the other on equality and place.
Rene Descartes is a french man native to France. He spent 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic after serving for a while in the Dutch States Army of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and the Stadtholder of the United Provinces. He is famous for having made an important connection between geometry and algebra, which allowed for the solving of geometrical problems by way of algebraic equations. His philosophy is focused on math, while he studied one’s reactions and awareness. Rene Descartes connects to our Kahiau project by his knowledge of mathematics and human minds. The poverty problem in Hawaiʻi could be resolved with some of Rene Descartes’s view.
Jean-Antonie-Nicolas Caritat, wholly a man of the Enlightenment sought to extend the empire of reason to social affairs. He advocated economic freedom, religious toleration, legal and educational reform, the abolition of slavery, and unusually for his time equal rights for women, including woman suffrage. He believes an inspired proponent of human rights, Condorcet moved from his first achievements in mathematics into public service, with the aim of applying to social and political affairs a scientific model that he termed a “social arithmetic”. His philosophy ties to our Kahiau project due to his view of equality. The human race is equal aside race, gender, size, etc …
The two biggest industrial revolution results that greatly impacted our Kahiau project was Railroad and steel and economic wages. Railroad and steel was a big impact on Hawaii during the plantation days. In the early 1830s, multiple plantations opened up to the islands of Oahu and Kauai due to our geographical location for sugar to be grown. This created a new economic boom in Hawai’i and as well for the Americans. The westerners built new ways of transportation for multiple loads of sugar cane. Railroads were built all around the island to make it easier for their workers. Ever since then, American sugar plantation had a big role in the overthrow of Hawai’i and the overall status here in the islands. It provided jobs for many and as the last plantation closed, many lost their jobs. Most were able to find a new, but the use of railroads and steel was to help increase production for the Americans. In the end, we became colonized by the States. With a new ruler, came new problems, with different factors of discrimination, greed, and drugs, many Hawaiians have fallen into that hole, causing more and more people to be seen on the streets. In the 1750s, Europeans made Wages high, this made resources very cheap, leading them to create new technology. Technology impacted the process to become mechanized by water power, which started in Europe and Britain. Because of this new energy and new resources, the Europeans were able to grow and expand their land around the world. The industrial revolution plays a perpetuating part in homelessness in Hawai’i. Because of this, people are having a harder time to pay their bills and to keep a stable job due to drugs and mental illness, but most importantly because the wages are so high here in Hawai’i.
Two propelling factors that occurred during the Era of Expansion, Exchange and Colonization were Scientific Revolution and new inventions and new resources. The Scientific Revolution occurred in Europe, in the 18th and 19th Centuries. It marked the start of modern science, changing views of society about nature and lead to more questioning. From this revolution came new inventions, which ultimately lead to the industrial revolution. This revolution occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries and it marked the start of our modern world. It was the start of industrialization in our world, totally changing the way humans lived. We used these new inventions and machinery to harvest new resources, that before lay unattainable to pre-industrial humans, which turned into new industries and inventions, repeating the cycle. These factors continue to impact the issue our Kahiau is focusing on today in modern Hawaii. This is because all of this industrialization lead to our modern world that we have today. This modern world has huge worldwide economies that focus on the people at the top, not the workers at the bottom. We can see that by looking at the once productive members of our society who now occupy the streets because they just couldnʻt make it in our harsh and unfair world. Even though now you can buy a whole meal for less than $15, albeit maybe not so beneficial for one’s health, one cannot afford to spend that much when they get $3 or so dollars a day. This is one issue we hope to shed some light on by doing this project.
A propelling factor that occurred during the era of Imperalization that had a crucial impact on poverty was the idea of National Identities vs. Native Identities. This is during the era when people, specifically militants, were able to occupy such lands due to their duty. This caused the differentiation of “National” and “Native”. National, being one who lives/resides in an area; and Native, being one who has been a resident of the area since birth. This is an important propelling factor that impacted poverty because as this is happening, the natives are being overpopulated by foreigners, however, it is not a problem because they are “nationals” of that area. This caused those native to the land to be pushed out, such as we can see in modern-day Hawaii. It is not far-fetched to say that what Hawaii experienced was somewhat similar to what other countries had to go through as well. And as we can see to what is happening to Hawaii, due to overpopulation, the cost of living rises while income stays the same; leaving natives with no way to be able to afford to live unless working 2+ jobs. Another factor that propelled in assembling poverty was the want for safety and security. This is something that Hawaii can relate to, especially given the history of our people. Many of our kūpuna, for example, David Malo, knew the circumstances of what it would be if we complied with the foreigner’s' ways. Yet, after Pearl Harbor, another big factor, many decided that safety was more important than what they thought would come to happen. They would do whatever it took to ensure their safety, even if it meant the overnight jobs. The factors stated are all things that we, Native Hawaiians, experience in current modern-day Hawaii. It would be easy to say that they were caused by foreigners or after the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom. And although the history may have happened years ago, it still plays a huge role in effect to our people today. Still are our people moving out of state because they can no longer afford to pay for living expenses. Still our people getting the short-end of the stick, the E.B.T., the overnight shifts.
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Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy. (2010, February 9). Retrieved from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-overthrow-hawaiian-monarchy
Hiraishi, K. (2018, September 3). It Takes Two: Faces of Hawaiʻi Workers With Multiple Jobs. Retrieved from https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/it-takes-two-faces-hawai-i-workers-multiple-jobs#stream/0