Enlightenment Ideals 1. Free association Government acts in people’s interest Separation of Church and State Free flow of information Checks and balances in government The individual is supreme Free press, free media Equality of women/women’s rights
Enlightenment Human Nature Human nature: People are naturally good Progress: Left alone, people will naturally create a socially and technologically better world Government: governed with the consent of the governed. Republican democracy Goals: Freedom and happiness. Equality of opportunity
Enlightenment Historical results: western democracies USA, Britain, Canada, 20th century France, Israel, India, etc. The most political and social freedom and wealth creation since the fall of the Roman Empire
Fascism Human Nature People need strong leadership for the people (folk) to achieve potential
Fascism Human Nature (2) Progress: The state will produce a superman warrior class that will dominate lesser races and countries Government: All individuality is subservient to the State and its leadership Goals: World domination. Racial theories
Fascism Historical Results Fascist Italy and Spain and Nazi Germany Wars of aggression Slavery Genocide and mass murder
Communism Human Nature The strong will naturally dominate the weak, so equality of outcome forced upon the people by dictatorship Progress: The state will produce a socialist paradise Government: All individuality is subservient to the state and its leadership. Goals: Worldwide communist revolution.
Communism Historical Results The Gulag Poverty and starvation Show trials and mass murder War Mao, Stalin, Today: North Korea, Cuba