POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Industrial Revolution, Classical Liberalism, Planned Economy
10 Feb 2018
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Ideology definition: a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. To attract followers, they use propaganda techniques such as repetition and oversimplification. They provide simple answers to social, economic and political problems and offer identifiable enemies as scapegoats (jews). All promise perfection but can"t provide it. The left-right ideological spectrum: left, right and center ideologies (most liberal, most conservative, in between) Dominant ideologies of the twentieth century: liberalism, conservatism and socialism, including communism all originated in europe, left to right: communism, social democracy, liberalism, conservatism, Created 3 parties; socialist, labour and communist: nazism & fascism: extremes of the conservative ideology, rejected. Communism and other extreme marxist variations of socialism rejected in the west. After french revolution in 1789, philosophers and statement in wanted to find the answer to the question: what is the proper role of the state? .
