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Meacham: The History of Power - The Daily Beast - 1 views

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  • power is a fluid thing
    • alyssa Scheer
      alyssa Scheer on 28 Oct 11
       
      I do agree with this statement, however respect and power go hand in hand. I think respect isn't fluid. Although people may loose power by being replaced, like a president or king or any person of power, as long as they don't do anything to damage their respect i still see them as a power 
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Edge: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE By Steven Pinker - 4 views

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  • On the scale of decades, comprehensive data again paint a shockingly happy picture: Global violence has fallen steadily since the middle of the twentieth century.
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      alyssa Scheer on 28 Oct 11
       
      War over the years has gotten a lot more advanced technologically. although this would be a reason for more deaths because we has mass murder weapons such as the atom bomb, the democracy portion of war has increased. People are more willing to reason when the weapons we have or they have can wipe out the entire human population.
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Edge: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt - 9 views

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  • Republicans offer "moral clarity"—a simple vision of good and evil that activates deep seated fears in much of the electorate. Democrats, in contrast, appeal to reason with their long-winded explorations of policy options for a complex world.
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      alyssa Scheer on 03 Oct 11
       
      democrats, being more liberal than republicans, see the not so popular side of things. Republicans may offer a "Moral clarity" but thats because they are strict and play everything by the book. Democrats see more openly 
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Reconsiderations: John Rawls and Our Plural Nation - June 11, 2008 - The New York Sun - 6 views

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      alyssa Scheer on 11 Sep 11
       
      although it would be nice to have an unbiased position in politics, there is no way however to have someone not know their wealth, class, race, or gender or anything listed. therefore i think his theory is extremely flawed 
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