Are political ideologies still relevant?
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yes.  perfect example was harriet miers' nomination to the supreme court.  this is a perfect example of how the conservative base influenced our elected officials (president bush).  conservatives believe that appointed judges should interpret the law only.  not legislate from the bench.  i.e. roe vs wade.  there are other examples.  but, i think this one speaks volumes about the ideoligical right having an impact recently.  \nas far as liberalism and socialism...  i'm not sure exactly what the difference is.  i think that any candidate for national election always moves to the right to campaign.  then, tries to govern from the left.  look at hillary clinton right now.  she is trying to move to the right to position herself as a moderate.  it's a real dilemma for a known liberal.  she is running the risk of alieanating her base, in order to grab some swing votes.  i'm sure she's done a lot of focus groups on this.  but, i believe the american people will see through this in 2008.  i believe the american people, in general, are conservative.  running and governing from the right works every time it's tried.  it's only when president bush or members of congress try to appease their rivals on the left, that their mandate is mitigated.
622269
Party politics is useful only to divide people against themselves. The lemmings will follow the party line, damn the consequences.
931330
well lets look at policies.   Hitlers idea of genocide came from the want to rid the world of handicapped children first and then went on to anyone not of his descent.  Dems want stem cell research to be able to genetically cherry pick traits.  this is already happening in Uk.  As well as abortions.  Bush is against both of these things.  so tell me if you are trying to compare who is closer in ideology.  \n\nThis ofcourse is ludacris neither side has the same agenda but your validity of history is extremely flawed.  Do some homework before you make accusations.
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Political views are based off of one's morals and values - THAT cannot be helped. Where a lot of people go wrong, though, is in seeking media outlets that support their point of view rather than challenge it.\n\nTo be truly informed, one must look at the so-called liberal media and the so-called conservative media - with a gain of salt. One should do as much research as possible and then decide if the evidence shape his views or if he lets his views shape the evidence.
785644
Very little. The parties originally stood for being conservative and non-conservative(liberal here) but the party leaders have become so close to one another in a mutual attempt at attracting votes from the opposite side that those original values are not so black and white anymore. The media portrays them as opposites in so many things but in reality, neither party does much about much and blames their shortfalls on the other.
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I haven't noticed any glaring political bias.  I applaud this objectivity by the CIA and their country information in the World Factbook -- it truly is a valuable resource and is updated frequently.
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well, Kenya has for a long time, honestly, not really had much in the way of lieberalism...sociallism, thats a different story, but now that all these radical (radical to THEM) ideals have been sort of spoon fed to them, i think there will be some backlash from the senior party members and upper class (if there is such a thing, lol) in Kenya.  But it IS slowly evolving into sort of a fesible national policy
849902
In Britain, left wing idealogy, overtook common sense years ago. Now we are under threat. Thankyou politicians.
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"Asian politics" is a broad spectrum, considering the various form's of governments that includes, but overall the net trend has been conservative. For example, China has dabbled in free markets on a very limited basis, which may on the surface appear progressive, but it has made no corresponding changed in human rights's or individual freedoms. Japan has been in a nearly ten year long recession, and has made no new economic policies to work it's way out. Taiwan is still quasi-independent, quasi-rebel china province, no progressive change there for 50 years. Vietnam is still a communist country, with very moderate economic reforms but little change elsewhere.  well, we could go on, but you see my point. There has been little change, other then economic expansion, but not nearly enough to be considered progressive. Quite the opposite, most nations roll at a snails pace, and would probably be considered very conservative.
949227
In the political spectrum, there is little difference between the two parties. It's more hype to keep the respective bases in line, as you state.
842312
Better question: When was it NOT about pushing their liberal agenda?
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Incidental and irrelevant seems to be the campus answer.\n\nThe libs march in search of what they call truth, yet when that same object of desire appears as if it may cast an unfavorable light on their hero, suddenly the truth is "inconsequential".\nOdd.
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Is Marxism relevant. Hmm. that's a subjective term. Relevant to what? To our economy, to our life, to our pocketbook, to our banking system, to the stock market, what? \n\nOr are you asking if Marxism is alive and well; where, in Russia, Germany?\n\nOr are you asking is Communism relevant today? But of course, there's more to Marxism than just Communism.\n\nMarxism lost popularity after the deline of Marxism in Russia, but his ideas are still in effect today and still influential in both political and academic cirlces. \n\nIt's very difficult to understand why. Marxism is great if you're part of the ruling class, but just doesn't work for the masses. So either we have some great conspiracy going on in the U.S., or the masses don't care; maybe both. \n\nThere are 10 Planks to the Communist Manifesto, and at least eight, and probably nine of the Marxist Planks are in effect in the U.S. And it isn't even covered up or secret, but neither is it blazened across the media screens and tabloids what a great discrepency our laws are in with our Constitution, and how our founding beliefs are in direct opposition to what exists in Washington today, but nobody seems to recognize it or care.\n\nAlways for the same reason, every time, every great nation in the history of mankind has only lasted for 200 years before complacency sets in. And when that happens, the few in power take advantage of the lethargy, and seize it all, take complete control, and squeeze it until it throws up on itself.\n\nThose in power have already bypassed the Constitution, made it almost non-existent, and the power of the Federal Government is now unlimited. The death of a great nation is upon us, and yes, Marxism is near the helm and at the root of the deception.
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No, not really.  What is politics?  It is how people organize themselves and put order into how they interact with each other.  The type of "national" politics you are thinking of is just that organization carried out in such a way as to bring order a large number of people.  You can't escape people wanting rules to govern how they interact with each other.\n\nPolitical parties are groupings of people who think the same way about the rules governing interaction and who want to take steps to change those rules.  Such groupings are not only inevitable but a good thing.
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Politics and Morality are both relative terms.\nUnfortunately for us, they both happen to be totally unrelated to each other !
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none what s ever\n\nthey are an ideologically driven not reality based
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You might find it if you look in the right classifacation. This is politics.