Reflection Of Democracy And Democracy

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Throughout this semester in history we have been learning about democracies. Before this class I knew little to nothing about a democracy. Now I understand a lot about democracy, and how democracies have changed over the years. Through this class I can now answer the three core questions “who am I”, “what should I know”, and “how should I act”. After learning this semester and reading many great articles I can easily answer the question, “who am I?” I now realize that I am an important citizen in this society. With equal political power as any other citizen. I know also realize how much my opinion matters. For example, even though I am young my vote for important elections is needed. Without all these votes we would not be a true democratic …show more content…

In Emerson’s essay on “Self reliance” Emmerson brings up many points on how we should act. For example, Emmerson strongly believes that we should all believe in our own ideas rather that following in the path of others. Emmerson makes this a strong point that we shouldn’t do what others want, but rather we should do what appeals to us. Also in Hobbes article “Leviathan” he explains about the survival of the fittest. This relates to how I should act because as Hobbes explains the government helps control this by giving protection and order. Although if we acted differently and treated everyone equally we wouldn’t have this problem, and the government wouldn’t have to set these regulations. Therefore, I believe we should act in a way that we treat everyone with equality. Not only should we be equal in power, but we should be equal no matter what race, or economic status you are. As in the “Plessy v. Ferguson” court case train cars are separated based on race. This is not a fair way to act. We should treat people equally no matter skin color. When segregating based on race as on these train cars. The people being forced in certain cars are being treated unjustly. Therefore, we should act in a way that treats everyone equally. By treating everyone fair we can continue to work together, and create a powerful society for

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