Essay On The Trail Of Tears
Some students are taught about power and authority through a farmer and cow analogy in order to further explain the differences. In summary, there is a farmer with cows who eat hay. The farmer is the government, the cow are the citizens and hay is similar to money but in a looser context because “currency and credit are our lifeblood” (Fineman, 2009, pg. 128). For example, capitalism is like a farmer having two cows, one of which he laid off. The farmer then expects the only remaining cow to pick up the slack of the other cow. Another example would be socialism, where the farmer has all the hay and distributes it evenly to all of the cows. However, certain cow demographics may receive more hay than others. As the authority of the government
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People could argue that they are almost identical to the problems the early settlers faced. Defining a person and an American stems to the root of these arguments. One could refer back to the Trail of Tears during the early to mid-nineteenth century, where the somewhat recent settlers on American soil force out native tribes from territory that date back to ancestors. Many of the American arguments float to the surface, such as the idea that the Native Americans do not have a right to the land. The right is comes from those who judge the law, in this sense being the United States President Andrew Jackson by signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Looking at events in the past and relating them to the current times is crucial for the total understanding of whether or not America is an individualist society versus a collectivist’s society. “Like the universe, the meaning of personhood is expanding” (Fineman, 2009, pg. 35). American holds the title of a “melting pot”, although it doesn’t always stand true to that concept. An American should be a human being, simple as that. The amount of breathes a person takes should triumph over the believed religion in or the applied
People could argue that they are almost identical to the problems the early settlers faced. Defining a person and an American stems to the root of these arguments. One could refer back to the Trail of Tears during the early to mid-nineteenth century, where the somewhat recent settlers on American soil force out native tribes from territory that date back to ancestors. Many of the American arguments float to the surface, such as the idea that the Native Americans do not have a right to the land. The right is comes from those who judge the law, in this sense being the United States President Andrew Jackson by signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Looking at events in the past and relating them to the current times is crucial for the total understanding of whether or not America is an individualist society versus a collectivist’s society. “Like the universe, the meaning of personhood is expanding” (Fineman, 2009, pg. 35). American holds the title of a “melting pot”, although it doesn’t always stand true to that concept. An American should be a human being, simple as that. The amount of breathes a person takes should triumph over the believed religion in or the applied