This is due, mainly, to the inherent characteristics of invisibility and ramification of ideology that makes of it a more potent means to integrate subjects into political and social power structures than physical force. ... These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. Indeed, this extract illustrates a shift in Comrade Napoleon's authoritarian strategy from imposing his power through physical force and direct interaction with the animals to instilling it in their minds...

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What can be seen as a driving force in the progression of political thought in 1920's Japan were the currents of liberal, individualist, rights-based ideology that had sprung from recourse to both Western philosophy and more traditional Japanese ideas of disobedience and resistance to authority. ... It could even be said that liberal ideas were becoming a dominant force in much of the Japanese political landscape, a force that was perhaps best articulated through the Universal Suffrage bill of 1925 and Diet success in making reductions made to the military. ...

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