Source Analysis Assignment In source one, Howard Zinn discusses how there is no necessity for incentives in order for individuals to work collectively to contribute to society. Zinn suggests that generally, since, everyone has similar basic needs, it is unnecessary to have wide income gaps. His beliefs are from a collectivist standpoint because he proposes that there should be a more balanced distribution of wealth for everyone. He would oppose the belief of elitism and would support ideas such as a Universal Basic Income which ensures that every individual in a country receives a sum of money from the government which allows them to have basic necessities met. A Universal Basic Income would also result in an increase of welfare for the whole …show more content…
Zinn believes the collective efforts of individuals alone, without a huge income motivating them would be efficient enough and would work well. He argues that there is no real proof that incentives are even necessary, therefore not needed. Zinn would agree with the philosopher and socialist St.Thomas Aquinas in the sense that Aquinas believes man can unselfishly work towards a goal together because everyone is willing to fulfill their own specific duties. This parallels with Zinn’s belief that people do not need huge incomes to incentivise them. On the other hand, Zinn would disagree with Adam Smith in his belief that man “seeks self interest in competition”. Zinn would contradict the idea that self interest alone is what motivates people to perform …show more content…
The artist is criticizing how Fidel Castro failed to lead Cuba successfully because he did not follow “The Marxist Theory” which explains how the artist shows Castro burning the book as if to show how Castro was opposing and Marx and Engels theories. Furthermore, the artist aims to say that not following “The Communist Manifesto” exactly would result in consequences such as a failed state. Castro’s plans for Cuba were unsuccessful and placed Cuba in horrific situations economically and socially to this today which is seen in the cartoon where the artist depicts Cuba as an isolated and torn-down state. The artist of the political cartoon criticizes how Castro poorly handled leading the country of Cuba for many years as a Prime Minister and as a President. The artist criticizes Fidel Castro as a leader but does not criticize the theories of Marx and Engels and of communism as a whole. The artist’s message is promoting Marx and Engels theories and sends the message that the “Marxist stage-theory six-step process” should be followed precisely to ensure success. Castro was a Marxist-Leninist which was a form of communism the Soviet Union, more specifically Vladimir Lenin had created as a twist on Marxism. However, some elements of this new form of Marxist-Leninism opposed Karl Marx’s own beliefs and theories which is assumed to be
In the year 1176, one of the most important documents of American history was published, the Declaration of Independence. Two writers had varied opinions and interpretations of this document. Bernard Bailyn, a historian, wrote his own interpretation of the Declaration. He explained how it [the Declaration] represented the “colonists’ deepest fears and beliefs.” The colonists believed that they were destined for a special role in history.
Discussion 6: Question 1: Zinn portrays the Nixon presidency in general as a failure all on its own and the Watergate scandal adding to the failure as a dirty play by Nixon. Zinn thinks Nixon was involved in “dirty tricks” because he thinks Nixon knew all about and personally orchestrated the Watergate scandal. He proves this by telling us that top Republican and Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives that they would not support any criminal proceedings against him. Question 2: Schweikart and Allen’s interpretation of this period in American history is different from Zinn’s because he tells more of and focuses on the achievements and victories of this period of time while Zinn tells of the good and bad and focuses mostly on the
Zinn’s idea of a utopian society is a place where our differences are positive attributes, not reason for domination. It’s where people can express themselves without violence. It’s an accumulation of past movements--women’s rights, abolition, labor insurgents, youth, etc. People would have time for leisure and not be consumed by competition.
Howard Zinn uses historical writings to explain an imbalance in objectivity, perspective, and justice. History books are written by the victors not the vanquished which makes the perspective of the story teller biased. As the story of Christopher Columbus he has been hailed as a hero especially in public schools and recognized as an historical occasion to have a day off granted by the government. Many as we grow more educational find out this sinister legacy that was swept under the carpet because there is evidence that supports while in the “new world” he destroyed the native peoples of islands he explored and it devastated native populations. There is no justice being done when the perspective does not reveal a whole truth when the objective
Jamie Isaacson Mr. Zontek History 136 Participation #0 Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States states how Zinn’s biases influenced his relationship with American history. He references his youth as a dock worker, and his military service, to explain how he couldn’t remain objective regarding his choices of what parts of history to teach, thereby displaying bias. He states that because the US was founded and is ran by self-interested white men with a desire to create a strong central government that could wage war on the whims of an individual, American history is a study of classism and arrogance. Zinn also claims that American history is “a white man’s history” because there is no mention of Black people or Native Americans beyond
Emphasis of the general working population’s roles in a country and their role in Cuba’s movement for independence ties into Communist morals and ideals which leads into Cuba’s political reform. Therefore, the juxtaposition of the literal and figurative roles of people idealizes the political reform and independence of
Adam Smith, born in 1723, laid the foundation for classical economics in the eighteenth century and established a paradigm on how to tackle economic decisions on a micro and macro level. Smith’s Wealth of Nation’s outlined many of contemporary economics’ key concepts and laws that offered radical criticisms against the dominant economic thinking of the time, mercantilism. Karl Marx, born in 1818, bore witness to the technological innovations and social conditions that came along with the Industrial Revolution, rise of capitalism, and the growth of Europe’s oversea empires. Marx wrote Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, which sharply criticized Smith’s benevolent depictions of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution. Smith and Marx wrote from different vantage points in history but both offered insights into the changing worlds around them.
In conclusion, Ariel Castro wanted goodness to come out of what he had done. He mistook everything he did and never looked back. The evil that was created in his mind overcame the goodness that was in his heart, if there was any to begin with. He let evils intent to drive him enough to his downfall, and now his story of destroying people’s lives along with his own will be known forever.
Throughout his years as dictator, the people of Cuba had a difficult time with Batista as president. He made a wide gap between the rich and the poor. This had a massive effect on the people because many of them didn’t have enough money to sustain their families and most of them suffered. Like many other’s Castro saw this as a one man
Raul Castro, an 83 year old who took the leadership of Cuba forcefully by the side of his brother in 1959, has taken the privilege of freedom of speech from the Cuban civilians. He has attempted to take care of his people but this attempt has been just an attempt. He has been too busy in the countries trading and allies but he is not aware that his country is dying. The Castro brothers established the Cuban communist party, this party became the only rightful enabled party. This is taking the human rights of the Cuban people because they can’t decide for themselves.
Adam Smith says, in Book I, that “in human nature, which has in view no such extensive utility, the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another (Bk. I, Ch. II, pg. 117).” He is talking about the division of labor and how that comes to be, and he says that this division comes not from human wisdom, but human nature, because human wisdom implies that man had foresight to choose one method or another.
Universal basic income is not a good way to deal with large scale unemployment because it will lead to a higher inequality, it undermines social cohesion, and it is financially irresponsible. Many people believe that UBI will lower poverty count, but I don’t believe that is the case. I think that UBI would take away from existing anti poverty measures that include: medical aid, food stamps, and child assistance, and only give those in poverty a lump sum that won’t be enough to cover life expenses. The biggest problem with UBI when it comes to poverty is that everyone
With a basic income as well as employment for all, this policy would lift people out of poverty and promote the working class instead of brushing them away and focusing on the 1%. The difference between this and a say welfare program is, in communism there is no tax to pay, therefore not punishing lower class people for working more. Another reason why communism can work in a modern society is due to the fact that there is an already internally stable economic system. Since the government controls the economic structure of the state, economic stability is non-existent. Everyone gets a decent salary, so everyone is rich.
The outbreak of this uprising was in concern of many reasons, firstly the high level of corruption inside the country, secondly the gap between the social classes and the absolute power of the American over the country. But when Batista took the control by force he established despotic ideas of abolishing Cuba’s constitution and removing the power of the congress and that only was the spark that lit the bonfire of the uprising which took place between 1953-1959. In the beginning in 1953 on July 26 the opposition group of 170 men mainly formed by students and formal workers with Fidel Castro as his maximum figure, they had entered to the city of Santiago de Cuba and planned to attack the station of Moncada and finally try to persuade the citizens of the town to get rid of Batista but it was a completely failure. After this Castro and his supporters will be exile to Mexico where he strengthened his army and counted with the support of significant figures due to his principles of policy like nationalist ideas, stop with imperialism and established a social policy and finished with the era of “democracy” in Cuba. These new ideologies helped to the formation of “The Rebel army” name which will be given to Castro’s army by their enemies and attracted other figures such as the Argentinean “Che Guevara” whose role will have such importance in the freedom of Cuba over U.S influence.
This basically is an another form of communist manifesto, written by Marshall Berman during 1971 to 1981, while the written piece was published in 1982 in New York. The core aim of the book is to examine the relationship between socio-economic modernization with modernism. The core aim of the author is to enhance the text written by Karl Marx and his student Friedrich Engels. In his book Berman argues that modernization school of thought is leading towards the stage of self-destruction due to its nature of exploitation and class distribution. The book is basically divided in several sections but the core focus of the book is to signify the exploitative and manipulative system of governance of capitalist system which is backed by modernization school of thought.