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# Politics

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A social science that, at its most general, addresses the question of what is the best structure for a society -- if there should be change, what change should take place? Political divisions arise over disagreements on two fundamental questions: 1) what changes to society -- if any -- are desirable, and 2) what actions will lead to the desired results, which is to say over: 1) ends, and 2) means.

Those who influence politics answer these questions as they see fit, and seek to impose their answers on society. To do this, sectors of society or individuals must be able to aquire and exercise political power. Different political systems provide different means of doing this. A dictatorship? may be based on the ability of an individual or group to control the populace by using the police and [armed forces]?. In a democracy power theoretically resides with the citizens, but may be exercised on their behalf by politicians elected by the country's election system.In most societies, creating and amending laws is a common political activity. The governement? may also have varying degrees of control over the judiciary?.

In "democratic" societies, politicians are usually the apparent decision-makers on political questions, but they work in a political and ideological environment that is defined by the power of the journalistic and educational sub-classes to push some issues to the fore, and suppress other issues. Pressure-groups also have the power to push issues to the fore.

Political Systems and Ideologies:

Anarchism -- Anarcho-capitalism -- Bolshevism? -- Capitalism -- [Classical Liberalism]? -- Communism -- Conservatism? -- Corporate Police State -- Crony capitalism -- Democracy -- Fascism? -- Federalism? -- Feudalism? -- Liberalism -- Libertarianism -- Marxism -- National Socialism -- Neo-Liberalism? -- Neo-Conservatism? -- Oligarchy -- Plutocracy? -- Republicanism (and we don't mean the GOP) -- [States Rights]? -- Syndicalism -- Socialism -- Techno-anarchy? -- Techno-capitalism? -- Techno-democracy -- Techno-oligarchy -- [The New Left]? -- [The Old Left]? -- [Third Way]? -- Totalitarianism -- Traditional anarchism

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Sector-Based Ideologies:

These are ideologies which are based on the interests or world-view of a sector of society.

Masculism-- Feminism? -- [Indigenous Rights]? -- [Minority Rights]?

Political Parties:

[Communist Party]? -- [Conservative Party]? -- [Constitution Party]? -- [Democratic Party]? -- [Green Party]? -- [Independence Party]? -- [Labor Party]? -- [Liberal Democrats]? -- [Libertarian Party]? -- [Likud Party]? -- [Monster Raving Loony Party]? -- [Progressive Party]? -- [Rainbow Coalition Party]? -- [Reform Party]? -- [Republican Party]? -- [Socialist Party]? -- [Southern Party]?

Political Concepts:

Ideological Concepts: Anarchy -- Conservative? -- Left-wing? -- Liberal -- Political spectrum -- Propaganda -- Right-wing?

Political Entities: City -- City-state? -- County? -- Country -- Government -- Individual -- Nation-state? -- Province? -- World-state? -- Republic -- [Organized Group]? / [Special Interest Group]? -- Police -- Bureaucracy? -- Tyranny?

Political Theory:

Political philosophy: The justification of the state -- Anarchism and natural law theory -- Social contract theories -- [Raw is moral philosophy]? -- Consequentialist justifications of the state -- The purpose of government

[Classical and modern political theorists]?: Plato -- Aristotle -- [John Locke]? -- [Jean Jacques Rousseau]? -- Karl Marx -- John Stuart Mill -- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- [Micheal Bakunin]?

Contemporary Political Theorists: David Friedman -- [John Rawls]? -- [Noam Chomsky]? -- [Robert Nozick]?

Pundit?s: [William F. Buckley Jr.]?

US issues

- The [US Budget]?
- The [US deficit]?
- [Term limits]?
- Corruption?
- [Moral values]?
- [School shootings]? - what should we do to prevent them?
- Welfare?
- Social security
  - How to fund it while more people draw money out and less put money in.
  - [SS Stock Fund]? - Should citizens be able to put the money in stock funds of their choice?
- [US Drug benefits]?
- [US Taxes]?
- [Universal healthcare]?

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Electoral Systems: election--Proportional representation --first-past-the-post election system--relative majority --absolute majority --tactical voting

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