For starters, the English helped and hurt themselves when they imperialized India. England took many of India’s resources and used them to improve their own economy. They “live[d] off of India while they [were there]” (Doc. 2), making extra profit out of agriculture and manufactured goods that they didn’t have to grow or build themselves. However, England had to invest a lot of money in the improvement and modernization of India.
These rights included; the chance to own land, marry, trade, were given a quarter of old land free and the option to build their own businesses. Previous to this manifesto serfs had little to no freedom as they were legally owned by land owners. This would have been seen as normal and necessary for Russian society. The step of emancipating serfdom would have been seen as radical and going against the Slavophile ways of life. This shows that Alexander was ready to liberate Russia because even though it was risky, it helped to start the liberalisation process because it enabled ex-serfs to work in factories which would help boost the economy, let the gentry to earn their own money and would help advances in industry which in turn help Russia to compete with the western world.
Since England owned these particular areas of the New World, these colonies were very influenced and affected by their mother country. The social faults, political chaos, and economic distress in England during the early colonial years in America played a role in shaping the English colonial experience. The societal issues that were present in England during the 17th century pushed many people to go to the Americas. The overpopulation in England was a major incentive for many to move across the Atlantic. Another reason for migration was the idea of primogeniture, which allowed the eldest son to inherit the wealth; leaving others desperate and in hopes of finding riches overseas.
The way Upton Sinclair writes about the change of Jurgis is quite interesting: how did Jurgis dream for American? But consequently, capitalism changed him. Jurgis has become the unavoidable outcome because of exploitation of American factories. It’s not about making the lives better; it’s about how to survive. Jurgis and his family have to try many ways to make a living.
Lots of new things were manufactured because there were people to fill the job vacancies. Immigrants believed America was a 'land of opportunity' they could arrive there with nothing and through hard work they could become rich. During the First World War, America sold weapons, food and supplies to the European soldiers. The USA had no competition from any other countries, and so made a lot of money during the war, thus boosting their economy. This also strengthened their friendship with oreos Britain because they were seen to be helping them in their hour of need - the war.
However industrialization also brought human suffering, unhealthy working conditions and pollution to the society. This overall led to a huge wealth gap between the rich and the poor. Many different philosophies emerged in hopes to solve poverty and to ensure peoples happiness. Laissez-Faire Liberalism was planning to make a capitalist society that supported the idea “the survival of the fittest”. This believed that humans would progress without any regulations.
He saw capitalism as a necessary improvement on the "Asiatic mode of production." According to Marx, British imperialism definitely served to modernize "backward" lands like India. Nevertheless, most Marxist theorists, dependency theorists, and many plain liberal theorists propounded the argument that developed nations and the dynamics of international trade and investment exploited developing countries. Strong state control was necessary to protect the developing nation against these forces, and the state company would occupy the high ground formerly held by the foreigner. The problem of national control was most acute for the great many countries that depended for survival on exports of primary products, whether agricultural -- like coffee, rubber, or pineapples -- or mineral -- like copper and bauxite.
“Because of the worldwide demand for wool was growing rapidly, landowners were converting their land from fields for crops to pastures for sheep” (Brinkley, 2010). With land plots decreasing for crops and the effects of a war-torn Europe upon them, migration to new lands became more and more enticing. As migration took place, new land was obtained. With the new land came an expansion in economic incentives, from new trade to new crops. “Second, the discovery of the Americas provided the Old World with vast quantities of relatively unpopulated land well-suited for the cultivation of certain crops that were in high demand in Old World markets.” (Nunn & Qian, 2010).
Consumerism in the United States Consumerism is the center of American culture. Americans tend to confuse their wants with their needs. With new advances in technology, as well as the help of advertisers, people are provided with easy access to new products that seem essential to their everyday life, even though they have survived this long without them. It is a fact that people cannot live without food, water or shelter but the problem with consumerism arises when people take it to far and spend money extravagantly. You do not need the most fancy or flashy things to survive.
The effect of media growth on knowledge dissemination is that information and perspectives being exchanged through the media have lost their meaning, or losing meaning during the process of exchange. Knowledge dissemination is defined as “the transfer of knowledge across and within settings, which also include the exchange of information or perspectives.” In his book ‘Simulacra and Simulation,’ Jean Baudrillard gives his postmodern perspective on how meaning is lost in the media through the constant display and increasing demand for and production of information in the consumer society. “We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.” He criticized how the symbols and signs have replaced reality in the modern society and that lived experiences have become merely the simulations of reality. "The territory no longer precedes the map… map that precedes the territory—precession of simulacra—that engenders the territory." In the