He believes that it was the role of the government that would keep these instincts in line. If these instincts were not controlled it would lead to war. Hobbes views were shaped by his life experiences during the English Civil War. He believed people were evil and selfish. Hobbes idea that “people orbiting their ruler” leads me to the idea of socialism/communism (Sayre, 2012).
As socialist ideologies began to take hold in traditional capitalist bastions, the strong free-market philosophies seen in leaders the likes of Ronald Reagan and Thatcher needed a way to move forward. The third way offered a compromise that could ring centre left members of government on board, while still pushing through an agenda of privatisation, globalisation and deregulation of the market. Many of the most fervent advocates of both socialism and capitalism dislike the Third Way, seeing it as a failure to adhere to either system. Strong supporters of democratic socialism tend to find its free-market policies unacceptable, and often see it as using certain socialised systems to continue pacifying the
Bourgeois vs. Proletarians Karl Marx’s purpose for writing the article The Communist Manifesto was to persuade the proletarians, class of modern wage-laborers, to rise against the bourgeois, class of modern Capitalists, and settle a level of equality. He himself grew up in “a middle-class family in Germany” (56). After the publication of this article Marx was forced to “flee Paris and eventually to seek exile in London” (56). However, even though Marx uses good evidence and emotion to convince his stance to be the right move forward, he is unsuccessful in changing the thinking of the proletarians. In the article, Marx attempt to clarify the goals of Communism, as well as underline the theory behind the movement.
To what extend did New Labour abandon traditional labour values Since Neil Kinnock’s reign in charge of the party, The Labour Party began to form a new look for itself. ‘New Labour’ is the name given to the period in which the Labour Party underwent a makeover, which has arguably changed the party. Unlike the traditionally left-wing Labour, the New Labour regime took a more central position; it is arguable that New Labour abandoned the old traditional values of the Labour Party, on the other hand it can be said that Labour was simply adapting to conform to the needs of modern society. The first outstanding change that the New Labour took away from its traditional values is there views on Law and Order. New Labours approach to Law and Order seemed to share similarities to the Conservative, authoritarian approach to Law and Order, and highly significant u-turn away from the traditional Labour approach, which was more considerate of an offenders position, I was perhaps seen to be quite lean with individuals who committed a crime.
Origins One evident inconsistency with communism and consecration is the source of ideas. Karl Marx was raised with a belief that “man’s innate goodness and reason was blocked only by social, political and religious barriers, and other artificially created rules” (Miller et al. 18). From his schooling at the University of Berlin to his family life, he continually pushed for his ideas. He wanted to establish a “dictatorship of the proletariat,” which means that the working class majority would rise to power over capitalist minority.
On the other hand, these two supreme leaders had ideological differences, which were used during the time, when they were in power. We can say that Lenin was more a political theorist and ideologue, and believed in socialism as the only way to save the working class from bourgeoisie usage, they wanted that there be only one equal class. However, Stalin presented his socialism not only as being pure as Lenin, but as also the only acceptable variant of socialism. His ideology served an ulterior purpose of reinforcing his legitimacy and authority . Furthermore, “A Short Course” (book written by Stalin) was not just purely ideological work but a political justification as its last chapter dealt with the liquidation of his opponents.
When Blair became prime minister in 1997 he brought a new set of ideas and policies that would change the face of the labour party. His new ideas involved a complete free market economy whereby competition will be encouraged which will improve the levels of service offered to the country, but as long as there is no harm to other people in the process. Leading on from the free-market economy policies was the abolition of clause 4, which was in favour of the collective ownership of industries such as coal, steel. Instead he promoted the ideas communitarianism which gave new importance to decisions in the community rather than at a governmental level. New labour introduced the idea of the third way, a political theory between Thatcherism and social democracy which is a mixture between capitalism and socialism where individual enterprise goes hand in hand with social responsibility, meaning that the government has reduced their evolvement in people’s lives, going back to a more macro style of politics.
The rise of New Labour has been filled with controversy, with regards to extensive policy change as well as ideological change. It is certain that Labour has shifted, this is fact. However, the extent of how much Labour has changed and how far Labour has shifted, from its core Socialist roots has been questioned. During Labour's extensive time in the political compass, when Thatcher reigned supreme, a new group of reformers began to emerge within the Labour Party. They realised that in order to gain voters support, they would have to leave the core socialistic values of 'old' Labour behind.
The Liberals were not very big supporters of the Monarch and wanted the Monarchy out of the political area and it just to be solely the government. The Liberals wanted reform, especially the Radicals. If you compare this to the beliefs of the Conservative party who generally believed in One-nation Conservatism/Toryism. This phrase came to light by the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, His conservatism had proposed a society with the social classes intact but with the working class receiving support from the government. Disraeli emphasised the importance of social obligation rather than
To what extent have the Conservative Party adopted One Nation policies in government? One nation conservatism refers to the left of the right wing of conservative party, one nation conservatism is a catch all party, this means in relation to the conservative party they have moved further towards the left in order to appeal to a greater percent of the voting public. One nation conservatism is pro trade unions has a paternalistic view of that state this means the richer people act much like a father figure towards the poorer people in society, this type of conservatism is more related with the Labour party and were particularly strong after 1945. Another form of Conservatism is named Thatcherism after the late Margaret Thatcher, Thatcherism is associated with the further right of the conservative party, were they believe in rolling back the state, a free market economy, privatisation including British Gas, BP and British Telecoms, Thatchers aims as she tackled the depression were not to “ reverse economic decline but to boost Britain’s stature in the world” Thatcher and Thatcherism were extremely patriotic, and based the moral principles around “faith, family and flag”. I believe that the Conservative party under Cameron haven't adopted many One Nation policies for these reasons; On terms of economic and the deficit the Conservative party seem more right hinting at the thatcher heyday.