Appy says of a firefighter who lost his son “He was furious because he saw antiwar activists as privileged and disrespectful snobs who 'insult everything we believe in” without having to share his family’s military and economic sacrifices. In virtually the same breath, however, he said about the war his time, “The sooner we get the hell out of there [Vietnam] the better.”(142) What he meant was he did not think the protestors had the right to speak against the war because they and their families where not the ones being affected whether it be economically or personally such as having to loose a loved one. The working class also felt as if the wealthy politicians were forcing them go to war, but they were not the ones actually fighting in the war. This led to much distain towards the upperclass and had many of them questioning if the war was really worth it. With the working class not being able to side directly with the “hawks” or “doves” it left them without a voice.
Government should not be able to make personal decisions for society because it disrupts lifestyles and ultimately does not benefit people. Technological distractions lessen humanity in Fahrenheit 451 in a lot of ways. For example Mildred Montag is the wife of Guy and she is obsessed
This basic form of opposition was never truly effective as their actions were simply put down by the government partly due to their failure to unite and lack of ideology and political demands. This was, however, not the only internal opposition to Tsar Alexander II with the “Going to the People” movement emerging in 1874. Here young members of the Russia intelligentsia went to the peasants breaching to them about their ideas about how life should be lived. This proved unsuccessful, they failed to appeal to the peasantry and the regime managed to arrest members showing them to be ineffective at this point. However, the populist movement developed from here, eventually splitting into two groups; the Black Partition and the People’s Will.
Since this is a tyrannical government, the citizens have no choice but to go outside. This backfired for the government because Montag created chaos and was never caught! In Farenheit 451, books
Frederick William shared this view and was unwilling to potentially cause a war with such a powerful state. This caused the Frankfurt Parliament to fail because Prussia did not grasp the opportunity to unite and neither did the King, therefore Germany remained divided. Although he desired power, William IV was not willing to put himself and Prussia under control of the Frankfurt Parliament as he distrusted ‘the gentlemen of Frankfurt’. This meant that the Parliament had no real leader, and so lost support because people distrusted the parliament as an influential figure stated he would not be associated with them. This aided in causing the failure of the Parliament because with no real leader, no one could influence the masses or help to make decisions.
DEA overlapped with the Treasury and the role of Chancellor, Callaghan and Wilson didn’t know who to listen to, this resulted in Brown/DEA in competition with Chancellor Callaghan and the treasury. This problem worsened as Brown was impulsive and lacked consistency (drink problem). Brown came up with National Plan, this created in unison with trade unions and industry but did not have support of united government. Potential third problem was that Wilson was trying to keep everyone happy rather than pick best team for the job and this resulted in the DEA being ineffective and not helping the economy at
Society had thrown out Oakhurst, Duchess and Mother Shipton for them being themselves; by living their successes they were condemned. The lovers left society because they knew their union wouldn’t be accepted. This is an example in literature about how the society in real life didn’t accept people who were living out their lives on their terms and not according to any unspoken rules that were expected to follow. Though all of the outcasts were looked down upon and their lives were cut short by the storm that forced premature death they had been living the new American success by being themselves and not letting society dictate their every decision. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain show both how society still tries to shape individuals and how Huck lives his own success.
The overarching point here is that none of the "underdogs" know their own strength. Just as Dr. King and others in the Civil Rights movement pointed out, one day the people will "rise up" and defeat the oppressors. No one really likes Curley, not even his own wife. The working man has the power, but without coherence in revolution, the masses are doomed to failure, just as Lennie, George and
Tuchman believes this shows Vietnam to be a police war against communism and of nation building. Tuchman feels we do not learn from history because of the power makers or human beings; and Tuchman points out that each human is different. Policymakers do not listen according to Tuchman. Tuchman feels foreign policy officers are ignored and there is a gap between observers in the field and policy makers in the capital. Tuchman believes that there is a pre-conceived bias in the policy makers heads and they make policy less to fit the facts and more to fit the notions and mental baggage they have carried since
He wanted programs which minimized the differences between the rich and the ones affected by poverty. Under Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, Moynihan did not like the president’s views towards poverty. As the Time magazine suggests, “Moynihan contends that the much ballyhooed effort was oversold, under planned and seriously "flawed" in execution.” It therefore can be understood that Moynihan was involved in all the activities in politics and wanted the good for the poor citizens. His point of view was that the government never really comprehended what community action was all