Looting

First transcontinental railroad, or how was known originally the Pacific Railroad, was a rail network that connect the Lowa with the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay. After the huge cost of lives, long hours of labor exploitation, and extortion and looting of land for creation of the railroad, the expected result was obtained. The economic impulse of the nation through the transportation of goods with other continents and even in country, was the key for the development and prosperity of the…

Clickbait is often used amongst artists and writers to attract and encourage visitors to view or read their work. So why does clickbait work? Editors write headlines or titles to manipulate you, or at least grab your attention. This also has a lot to do with emotion and the role it plays in our daily decision-making process says Jonah Berger, who studies social influence at the University of Pennsylvania . X uses this tactic to clickbait viewers into thinking they are going to see a funny,…

Children of the Civil War were an essential part of society both on the home front and the battlefield. The civil war impacted everyone whether soldier or civilian, while the battles and monstrosities witnessed had detrimental affects for all. Children were pressured to mature quickly and face the horrible trials of the war at young ages from the perception of the home front and the battlefield. Whether it was the task of keeping things going at home, or heroism and sacrifice at the combat zone…

Throughout history, there have been many different warlords and rebels, some good and some bad, fighting to gain control of their country and/or resources. Even though this may be a hard task to accomplish, many leaders reach their goals through unethical means, such as using violence and oppression against those that have conflicting views. These acts of violence by rebel leaders and warlords often lead to thousands of deaths, many of those are people that could not defend themselves but were…

History throughout the world has had many ups and downs. While there were some great triumphs and breakthroughs, there were also very devastating low points. One very common travesty that has happened in many countries is genocide. Genocide, defined by the UN’s Genocide Convention, is the systematic mass murder of an ethnic, religious, or national group based on discriminatory preconceptions. In other words, it is when one group intends to destroy or displace another group of people because of…

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically one built on a hill. the ancient citadel at Athens, containing the Parthenon and other notable buildings, mostly dating from the 5th century BC. The rocky hill of the Acropolis, which dominates…

The Palace of Knossos- The Palace of Knossos was a place built on the island of Crete by King Minos around 1900 BC It was an elaborate place with five stories containing hundreds of rooms, plumbing, brightly colored paintings called frescoes, and thousands of storage jars. This palace was where large gatherings were held, things were stored, and the king lived. The Palace of Knossos is important when studying Greece History because it gives us insight into the lives of the Minoans. The…

Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom, Freedom is coming, oh yes I know! These lyrics belong to the South African song, “Freedom is Coming” which was sung to rejoice liberation in South Africa. The power of freedom is something people have always fought for and celebrated. The word holds different meanings and connotations in different contexts. “Free”, in terms of this paper, means a person who is not property of a slave owner. Rather than focusing on the legislative emancipation of slaves, it is…

Private local banks do not have the advantage of foreign banks in terms of access to external liquidity. This raises the concern, particularly in emerging markets with fragile regulation and legislation, that private domestic banks would be prone to “looting” leading to banking crises and catastrophes (see e.g. Akerlof and Romer (1993)). The hope however is that market discipline in the form of the threat to loose deposit holders, and hence access…

Every time there is a riot or looting, the word anarchy is not far behind. There are punk rock bands singing of rape and destruction while praising anarchy. The movie The Purge: Anarchy released in 2014 is about one day in a fictional society where there are no laws. And when there…