Activity 3

Authoritarian—The government is the authority. The individual obeys. This is the opposite of a libertarian philosophy, in which the government leaves the individual alone as much as possible.

Totalitarian—In totalitarian rule, the government tries to control every aspect of the lives of its citizens, including their thoughts and beliefs, by any means possible.

Oligarchical Collectivism—Aristotle defines three types of government, each with a good form in which the ruler or rulers have the good of the state in mind and a bad form in which the rulers govern by self-interest.

Aristotle’s Three Forms of Government
Type	Good Form	Bad Form
One Ruler	Monarchy: rule by one wise person	Tyranny: rule by one bad person
Small Group Rule	Aristocracy: rule by a few wise people	Oligarchy: rule by a few bad people
Mass Rule	Polity or “constitutional government”: rule by the people for the good of the whole	Democracy: rule by the people for individual self-interest

Utopia—A perfect, happy society in which all of humanities problems have been solved.

Anti-Utopia or Dystopia—A nightmare society in which life is as difficult and unhappy as it could be; often the result of trying to create a utopia. 

These forms of politics are seen in countries in the world today.  At one point Iraq was ruled by a Tyrant by the name of Saddam Hussein.  He was a very oppressive ruler.  Today the US is ruled by "Mass Rule" because it is ruled by the people for the people.  In my opinion this type of rule is the best type of rule.

Activity 2

I think that a band influenced revolt against the government is highly unlikely to occur in the United States, but it is certainly not impossible.  I feel as if this type of potential violent revolution against the government would be much more likely to occur in a country like North Korea for example.  A country such as North Korea have civilians who are extremely upset with the way their government is being run.  I think that a country like North Korea is much more likely to experience a revolt against the government than the United States.

If the government did in fact start invading my privacy and stalking me then I would have to change my communication habits.  I would be extremely concerned with my privacy.  I never see this happening to the point where I truly fear that my privacy is completely invaded, but if it did happen then yes I would change all my habits.  I would go "off the map" so to speak.  

If the FBI were to knock on my door I would explain to them how I was not involved with these lunatics.  I would let them know that they should be spending their time on more important and threatening leads...a band called the "sleazy dirtbags" is probably not a threat to national security.  For this reason I would not be scared and it would not change how I lived my life.  This is of course because I would not be a follower of such a stupid band with such life threatening and radical ideas.  

I would consider this situation "Orwellian" because this is a great example of the government invading the privacy of an ordinary citizen.  

I spent time talking to Ray and Haley and they both agreed with my statement.  We all agreed that we would never be associated with such a radical band group.

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Activity 1

To most easily understand the word "Orwellian", it simply refers to an invasion of privacy.  This word most certainly applies to our society today.  For example, the government plays a major role in the invasion of civilians privacy.  The use of drones and other spy gear invade civilians privacy everyday.  


Under certain circumstances, the use of drones is necessary.  For example, the US should use drones and other spy mechanisms to invade the privacy of proven dangerous people like terrorists.  We do not want these extreme radicals to freely roam and reak havoc on innocent civilians.  The government should be allowed to invade the privacy of proven dangerous individuals.