Political Culture Ideas values of a nation form its political culture o Ex political culture of India is very different from that of the US What are these ideas values o Freedom liberty self rule capitalism limited government American dream individualism equality faith in god religion o Declaration of Independence life liberty and pursuit of happiness What is the definition of liberty 2 types positive and negative Positive some people need help to be free Negative citizens are free to do what they want o But some people are homeless o Don t treat on me Self Rule People want to govern themselves Started out at the very beginning with the desire for Who governs the people Democracy vs Republic independence o Republic is a type of democracy o Direct Democracy people make decisions town o Republic representative democracy representatives meetings etc make decisions Better for large populations Presidential and representative elections o What kind of government have you given us A republic if you can keep it American Dream If you work hard and play by the rules you should be given a change to go as far as your god given abilities will take you Bill Clinton Individualism Equality Land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for How is it measured wealth everyone Independence World is full of individuals pursuing their separate interests Milton Freeman economist goes hand in hand with American Dream and self rule all men created equal declaration of independence No novelty in the US struck me more vividly than the equality of conditions Alexis de Tocqueville French historian America was not built with a class system 3 forms of equality o social no caste class system o political everyone s vote is equal we did not always have this Votes of non whites and women This inequality still exists between men and o Economic women differing tax rates and income disparity Faith in God US is much more religions than other countries Many people consider religion over nationality One nation under god
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