Examples of Political Deception

The deception and acceptance of M. ... Butterfly, there are multiple examples of how people manipulated and used another's desire and weakness for their own personal advantage. ... There were multiple deceptions among the same parties. ... Song used Gallimard for her own selfish and political purposes. ... He even tells Song "I knew all the time somewhere that was happiness was temporary, my love a deception-(88). ...

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Necessary Evil Machiavellianism is characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, duplicity, bad faith, and false hope. The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the relevance of morality in political affairs, holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power. In that sense his views are similar to the modern American political playground. ... In "The Prince" Machiavelli seeks to overturn the principles of political philosophy via an accusation of foolish idealism. ... Machiavelli drew upon examples from both ancient and more r...

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Fascism became at a certain point a genuine lay religion, you had a sporting spectacle being turned into a powerful instrument for political ends. ... This new sense of national pride from sport also allowed Hitler and Mussolini to distract the public from their true political means or in Mussolini's case especially, Italy's political and economic frailties. ... This essay will help show the similarities and differences of the ideological importance of sport under Mussolini and Hitler and there will be many examples to show this and there will also be examples of how the new consensu...

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Through the presentation of a real-world example of how politics and power work in the organization a clear understanding of the integral nature of these concepts will be elucidated. ... Politics With the basic context of power explicated, it is now possible to consider what is meant by politics in this same context. ... According to this author, power and politics are more similar than different. ... If the organization had not been so successful at using power and politics, it would not have been able to engage in corporate deception for such an extended period of time. ... Throughout this...

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The concepts of the culture industry in which I am focusing on are how the media industry deploys a mass deception, how the culture is standardized and commodified. ... Adorno and Horkheimer used a political approach in defining the "culture industry ". ... The first key concept of the critical thinkers' approach I am going to focus on is the way in which the media is a form of mass deception (Kerr, 2014). ... The commodification of culture still holds substantial value on contemporary society, maybe even more now than ever, for example, the producers of film sell their movies to cinemas...

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For example, "Total News Today," seeks to uncover the evidence of corruption and irresponsibility within governmental, corporate, and private organizations and parties. ... Socrates provides an excellent example of "complicity" that provides further understanding to the importance of creating an informed population. ... For example, exposing personal and credit card information of corporate executives hurts individuals rather than corporations and is an example of exceeding the acceptable level of expression. With all good things in life come bad and many internet hackers t...

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Machiavelli was a political philosopher and diplomat during the Renaissance, and is most famous for his political piece, The Prince (1513), that has become a foundation of modern philosophy. ... It is this focus on practical success by any means, even at the expense of traditional moral values, that earned Machiavelli's scheme a reputation for ruthlessness, deception, and cruely and where the quote, "The end justifes the means", originates. ... I believe that certain people have certain morals and values, for example, if one person is agitated by another, he or she might give into the ...

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In Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince", he addresses many issues involving political influence in relation to one's own virtue. ... An example of this being that the people will be used to the ruling of one particular person in power and they would expect their family to rule in the same manner. ... Confusion and unrest in one's principality can lead to disruption of one's political influence and miscommunication and create problems for both the ruling family and its followers. ... Machiavelli suggests ways for someone to rise to power without being born into nobil...

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The continuous search for truth in Hamlet exposes the audience to deception and corruption present in the world, creating a play that explores the concept of truth and appearances, a theme that is relevant to any context. ... By creating the corrupt and unstable world of Ellsinore, Shakespeare reflects the political uncertainty of his period, Ellsinore becomes a representation of the world. ... " The opening scene is a perfect example of the instability present at Ellsinore, the tension is evoked by the opening line: "Who's there?... Shakespeare uses intense punctuation and fra...

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