Thought and Thesis

Tomorrow is a big day for this nation. We all have a choice to make that will have major effects upon all of us. I'm sure we all know who we are voting for. But before you leave the house tomorrow I want you to ask yourself a few questions. 1. Do you believe that women should have the choice to do what they wish with their bodies? 2. Do you believe that as a society that we all must come together and put aside petty individualism and greed to become great? 3. Do you believe that men and women should be allowed to marry the one person that they love above all things? 4. Do believe that we all have a responsibility to contribute equally to the society? 5. And lastly, do you believe in a nation in which it doesn't matter what you race, sex, religion, creed, or orientation is, you will have equal rights under the law? If you said yes to the above questions then you choice must be clear and reason must drive you to vote for reelection. I know what my choice is, I ...

As a service member, I presume, that I have been give the right to chose to join the Army. I also assume that by doing so have a made the choice put myself in harms way and thusly run the risk of dying. In a sense I have chosen an act such that would, or could, end my life. Yet, if when I grow old, I find myself with a terminal illness, I do not have the same right to make the choice to put myself in the same situation. It seems to me, that at least for this case, that there is an inconsistency between the views.  So I have to ask, what is the origin of that  inconsistency, and why does it still exist?

So its been a really, really long time since I have posted anything. But, while writing this post for a class I decided to share it to a broader audience. So here it is.  While reading about race in chapter 10 I started thinking about the links in Marxism that lead to issues presented in the chapter.  It is my belief that racism, as well as sexism, has become inexorably linked to the market economy. I will prove this, in breif, in the following way, and then make the link toward education.  For the market economy of the nation to exist there is a need for there to be a percentage of the population to be under-employed or unemployed. By maintaing this percentage the market is able to keep wages down due to the competition between working age individuals. If the percentage gets to low the companies will be forced to pay more to attach workers, thus cutting profits. This maintaining of under and unemployed percentage plays a role in the alienation that occurs within th...