Government and
Politics in the United States
The government in the United States is based on
Federalism. While politics in US is Democracy Politics. US uses the government
and politics method inside the country. However, US also want to Americanize
the world overseas. This has been proved by several countries which have a
standard of government and politics the same as America if we could see deeply.
The US mostly are anti-communist in order to maintain the super power of
America that US can Americanize the world. Most of country’s system in the
world are influenced by America such as politics, economic, social, culture,
religion and military.
Religion in the
USA
US people keep maintain the principle of put God
first in every kind of situation whenever and wherever. American people mostly
Christian that divided into two faith they are Roman Catholic and Protestant. Denominations
has completely distinguish the protestant to many kind of branches. Each
individual has their own religious preferences. They are free to choose the
center of religious life for them. For Roman Catholic, church became the center
religious for people. Protestantism encourages a strong and restless desire for
self-improvement. Material succeed might be the most respected form of
self-improvement because Protestant heritage is responsible about this thing.
Protestant also encourage the way to get wealthy is with hard work and
self-discipline. However, the idea of humanitarianism includes in the way of
Protestant live in America. It means people should help other individuals by giving
their time, money, or things which are charitable. The experience of born-again
is important for Christian and it is the way people to change their life
better.
The World of American
Business
The business of America is business capitalistic
which means it is ownership business. The characteristic of business in America
is the essential of private and profit. Business is directly or indirectly
owned by private people and separated from government-owned. It also has a
purpose of financial profit. Business in America is protected by the
Government. People, place, product, price, promotion, and distribution are
things that are managed by capitalist. Capitalist or business institutions have
more prestige in the society than others. This is because people think that
business is more efficient and well-run rather than government organizations.
But people who do business should always be ready for competition because it is
the major source of progress and prosperity. It is also based on American
values that everybody has the equal opportunity so competition is respected.
Business is the prestige thing for American because its tendency of the dream
of getting rich. If each individual is rich, then a country must be rich. Entrepreneur
and organization man became the hero for American business. America wants to be
the world economic trading market and it has proven that US win the race of
trading nowadays except for transportation things.
Education in the
United States
America become the destination of higher education
in the world. However, the establishment of public schools in America are
exist. Educational institution in US reflect the basic values of the nation
concentrating in the equality of opportunity. Americans believe that everyone
has equal opportunity to get education from elementary school through college
or higher education. America first applied the principle of equality by making
schools open and financing them by taxes which collected from the citizen. Yet,
some wealthier Americans opposed this kind of schools because they desire that
public schools would educate people beyond their proper station. Starting from
1860, public elementary schools were established in the US. The next century
and a half, public schools were expanded to secondary schools (grade 9-12) also
with college both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Americans assume
their public school system as an educational ladder. The idea of educational
ladder is the perfect reflection of American value that is success based on
equality of opportunity to get education. Later on, private schools are open at
the same levels but not supported primarily by public funds. Private schools
have kind of private religious schools and public private schools. Some
religious schools are associated with churches and get the financial support
from them. Private schools might be open for any classes but some are not. The
schools in America support the existence of extracurricular activities in order
to lead up the student’s skills such as sports, arts, and others.
American Values
at the Crossroads
America had the challenges in maintaining the
American values. America had things that caused them more doubtful about the
strength of their nation and the values. Communism would spread through
Southeast Asia and in 1966 the struggle in Vietnam became a major cause of
American war. Opponents attacked it was immoral for the US to determine the
future of the country by doing such war. The war also attacked the nation’s
basic values as corrupt. This happen when the period of protest against the
war. The purpose of the war itself was to protect an ally of the US, South
Vietnam against the communist North Vietnam. More than half a million American
soldier were sent to achieve this purpose. However, because of the optimism and
continuing abundance appeared to be less by the end of 1970s. The basic
American values that have been spread and strengthened have reached at the
crossroad in 1980s. America needed new national values after that and they were
keep asking what values should be adopted. The experience of greater shortages
of energy during 1970s made Americans tend to emphasis on conversation value.
However, in the 1980s Americans reached at a critical point in their nation’s
history where major danger and choices should be faced and made. On the other
hand, Americans must avoid that there will be greater risks are coming up and
they should ready to refuse to change their basic values even the chaos
condition ever.
The Great American
Dream
The American dream basically has 6 dreams but now it
has developed more than it. American dream itself means the goals in life for
American people. Goals means vision and mission of each individual. American people keep dreaming since they were
child until old. Then, dreams are transmitted through generations. America was
the most perfect society in the world. American dream is the great contribution
in US because its tendency of the pursuit of happiness. American society keep
the thing that life should be better and richer and fuller for every individual
with the same opportunity as the value of equality. The dream itself exist
because of achievement in US. For American, welfare is an individual freedom.
They always keep the character of optimist in every chance. However, American
still put God the first thing of everything.
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