In 1935 Carl Friedrich, an immigrant from Germany wrote, “To be an American citizen is and ideal, while to be a Frenchman is a fact.” Friedrich points out that, in most of the world, citizenship is based on race or ethnicity. Which means that if you are not the appropriate race or ethnic group, you may not be able to become a citizen even if you were born and have lived in the country your whole life.
Socialism had been the major competitor of liberal ideology for most of the twentieth century. It is a philosophy that supports government ownership and operation of the means of production as well as government determination of the level of social and economical benefits tat people receive.
In the U.S. ethnic diversity is relatively greater than in any other countries, surprisingly numerous foreign observers have noted that a
In the U.S., 98% of all homes have a t.v. The average person watches 4 hours a day and receives a majority of their news from them. Television has become the “social brain” of today’s society and democracy. Given the power and persuasiveness of t.v. We can build a more conscious democracy.
The most striking was Americans differ from others is hey strike between individual responsibility on one hand and collective especially governmental responsibility on the other. One of the most interesting features of American belief in the individual achievement and responsibility is that it is not closely related to the actual social and economic circumstances in which Americans find themselves.
The three main ingredients to a revitalizing democracy are informed citizenry that talk to it and know its own mind and engage in regul