A political activist named Emma Goldman produced a speech in 1908 called “Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty” within it she analyzes what patriotism actually means. Inside the speech an important quote in which she alludes to America becoming the most powerful nation in the world, and eventually planting her iron foot on the necks of all other nations (Voices of A People’s History pg. 271 ). In the essay to follow I will analyze, and explain the meaning behind this. I will also take a deeper look at if what she believed transformed onto our world today. Emma Goldman who was born in 1869 in Lithuania, and at a young age learned of many injustices taking place in the world.…
The american colonist were right for declaring there independence from the britain. First because they had to already had to pay taxes for every week or so but know they charge taxes for more stuff that should've never got tax. Because they had to pay taxes for mostly every item they wanted to get. Next reasond is that they had to pay taxes for if they were wearing something. Because the british wanted the American Colonist to pay taxes they started to pay taxes for if they were wearing color or wearing that top of shirt they would go in collect taxes from them.…
During the late 1800's and early 1900's the United States started to expand their territory and build their relationships to benefit the United States. As a result of imperialism, the US controlled more territory, but 3 specific areas are Panama, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. The US was motivated to control Panama because it allows the US to protect both of our coasts, and it allows us to ship goods between the Atlantic and Pacific quickly and cheaply. We wanted to control Cuba because it's close to the US so it's easier to trade, and in Cuba, we could have sugar and tabacco plantations, and for military reasons.…
An oft-repeated argument in favor of American imperialism was that it was justified because it spread the American ideals of democracy and liberty to people who lived without them. In an 1896 speech before congress, President Grover Cleveland observed that Cuban rebels were encouraged by “the widespread sympathy the people of this country always and instinctively feel for every struggle for better and freer government.” This American affinity for democracy would translate into arguments for American intervention in Cuba. In April, shortly before the formal start of the Spanish-American War, journalist Henry Watterson wrote in an editorial praising the likely war that “liberty and law shall no longer be trampled upon, outraged, and murdered by despotism and autocracy upon our threshold.” The purpose of American intervention was clear: to spread liberty and defeat its tyrannical opponents -- beginning with Spain.…
As imperialism became a trend among global powers in the late nineteenth century the United States faced further pressure to carry out a more aggressive foreign policy. The Spanish-American war sparked American major involvement in foreign affairs. Initially, American interference with global issues appeared to have a noble cause, but future policies and events proved differently. The control and imperialistic policies that the U.S carried on after the war, the aggressive use of the Monroe doctrine by the presidents who followed, and increasing desire by Americans to be involved in political affairs abroad for protection of their own financial well-being went to show that economic motives driven by a highly demanding American public were prime…
Offshore balancing also reduces human costs by risking fewer American lives in conflicts not of national interest, as well as the inherent costs of supporting wounded veterans and the mental health risks that accompany military service (Mearsheimer 24). Reducing military occupation abroad would also engineer security benefits, as it would decelerate anti-American nationalist resentment and prevent future terrorist movements from gaining momentum from American intervention because instead of pursuing social engineering and democratic reform, the U.S. would only be present to counter a potential hegemon that would threaten local politics (Posen 121). This would be a step towards reinventing the American image abroad as a crusader for human rights and international law, than as a domineering force seeking to undermine local political arrangements and…
As the American culture is adapted by other countries in means of economy, propaganda, and way of life we being to question whether or not it is a positive or negative effect on those countries. In “ Cultural Hegemony: Who’s Dominating Whom by Deirdre Straughan”, she explains that there is not a positive nor negative effect when it comes to the export of American culture. Straughan begins her claim by bringing up a theory that many people believe, that with the export of the American culture will cause the world to become homogenized and will disunite from their culture, moral, and customs. Straughan believes there are two fallacies in this theory, one being that theory portrays arrogance and two being that the theory is not true at all.…
The culture industry is responsible as a producer of rubbish in the media. However the consumers in which the culture industry produces for are also responsible for all the rubbish that is in the media. The culture industry was coined by two German theorist of the Frankfurt School. The two theorists Max Horkheimer and Theodore Adorno theorised that the culture industry is akin to a factory producing standardised cultural goods with examples like films and magazines.…
It is said that with great power comes great responsibility. The United States is the world superpower, a role model for the rest of the free world. Our democratic form of government is a goal many countries strive to emulate and model their governments after. Because of our position as the sole world superpower, weaker countries depend on us. Therefore, it is beneficial that the United States maintains our global military presence.…
Hegemony is a process of coercion and consent. What does this mean, and how useful is it in explaining the role of culture in maintaining dominant ideologies? The expression ‘hegemony’ can be considered in a number of ways, the first and most apparent definition: a leader or representation of a certain ideology with the ability to gain control over another, weaker power. An example of this shown through history is the Soviet Union’s expansion over Eastern Europe, through the use of dictatorial powers.…
Hegemony is obedience that is self-ascribed by a population. It is the willful following, subjugation or domination without resistance. The population views a certain way of acting as the standard and proceeds to engage in such acts without force or coercion against them. An example is religion, where a new devote follower changes the ways they act to be in accordance to the religions standards. This may include increased charity donations, to abstinence from sex or alcohol, to a change in cloths to match a uniform.…
GRAMSCIAN VIEW OF HOW ORDER IS CREATED OUT OF ANARCHY View on hegemony Bestowing upon Antonio Gramsci’s prison notebooks and ideas, it is recognised that his perception of hegemony was influenced by historical reflections of his own social and political history. Gramsci, the head of the communist party, witnessed capitalists were manipulating the social classes and infrastructure of early twentieth century Italy. Doing so in favour of the bourgeoisie, without the use of coercive control. Gramsci was concerned with finding a new social order, an alternative to fascism. A social order with the basis of leadership and support.…
The Italian communist Antonio Gramsci, imprisoned for much of his life by Mussolini, took these idea further in his Prison Notebooks with his widely influential notions of ‘hegemony’ and the ‘manufacture of consent’ (Gramsci 1971). Gramsci saw the capitalist state as being made up of two overlapping spheres, a ‘political society’ (which rules through force) and a ‘civil society’ (which rules through consent). This is a different meaning of civil society from the ‘associational’ view common today, which defines civil society as a ‘sector’ of voluntary organisations and NGOs. Gramsci saw civil society as the public sphere where trade unions and political parties gained concessions from the bourgeois state, and the sphere in which ideas and beliefs were shaped, where bourgeois ‘hegemony’ was reproduced in cultural life through the media, universities and religious institutions to ‘manufacture consent’ and legitimacy (Heywood 1994: 100-101).…
Is the United States a global superpower today? The answer is yes. It is said that American culture rules the world. What is culture and why is it important to nations? The culture defines the nation, its history, and its people.…
America, the home of Hollywood, Facebook, Youtube, pop music, Mcdonald's and pop culture. America in a sense sets the way we perceive things and the way we act in which are influenced and created by American popular culture. The latest craze or what is currently “in” not only structures our society, but the entire world. It was expressed by Allen Ginsberg that “whoever controls the media- the image- controls the culture,.” which reflects how America has a hand in shaping the culture around the world.…