Democracy
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Democracy is the form of government that developed beginning at the end of the eighteenth century and that has proven to be one of the strongest and most flexible types of government in the world. The Cold War has ended, and the Western democracies have emerged victorious, leading nations that are for the most part economically strong, politically stable, and geared to the future rather than the past. At the same time, democracy is a form of government with a number of limitations--it is flexible, but it cannot be changed very quickly so that when it perceives a problem it is not able to change direction with any speed in order to cope. The system as it has evolved also contained a number of institutional hindrances, from the conflicts of special interest groups to a certain separation between domestic and foreign policy, economic and other policy. The lack of coordination in terms of policy is often evident and may produce unnecessary tensions in the body politic. Yet the form of democracy developed in the United States is probably the most effective and fair system of government that has yet been devised in spite of its flaws and limitations.Democracy is a form of government that elevates the individual to a special place within society and in relation to his or her government. The government is not something that is imposed from without, nor is it something that has been inherited from generation to generation and over which the people have no controls. Instead, t
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possess are useful, but they are not alive. Forster sees that the machines have separated the human being not only from other human beings but from life itself, from the wonders of nature, and from the peace that nature can bring. Most of the people have had their senses deadened by being catered to by the machine. Kuno is the exception in that he feels a restlessness that permeates his society but that most people suppress. Kuno escapes to the outside world and discovers what it is that his people have lost. The contrast between the outer world of life and the underground world of the machine is stark and affecting and only emphasizes the alienation that Forster sees as a consequence of society turning away from the human and toward the machine.
Many of Forster's predictions about the direction technology would take have been shown to be accurate, including his view of how the machine might reshape society. We do not live underground, of course, and have not turned completely away from the world of nature, but we do experience the sort of personal alienation and sensual deadening that Forster depicts in this story.
Work Cited
Forster, E.M. "The Machine Stops." In The Dolphin Reader: Third Edition. Boston: Houghton
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Approximate Word count = 3150
Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page)
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