Political Concepts

Political Concepts

When it comes to Politics, many people tend to think it only covers the ground of the government. This is not entirely true as politics can cover the whole area of land of state that we all live within. Politics is in the Laws we obeyed by. So the question can be asked why do we obey the laws they set out?

This can be answered very simply in that we need laws and rules otherwise we would all be free to do whatever we want. This may seem like a good thing to some, but it also allows us to be controlled which stops us from being wild. When you look at nature that is not controlled by rules it would be by looking at animals. They are allowed to be free and so they will hunt for food, nurture their children and the only interference is from us who feel the need to once again control what these animals are allowed to do i.e. Zoo’s. Yes, it may be protecting them from hunters or diseases. But is it not yet another way of being able to show that we can control all forms of nature to show we are most dominant.

The UK has been defending its state for a long time. Although it can be seen that current decisions by the Government has ignored the main functions that the state intended upon by allowing the early release of those who have committed crimes, due to the over crowding of prisons. This has meant that it no longer seems quite as important to the way the country is ruled.

The first function of the state is to defend its independence and seek to allow independence of its citizens. The second function is to make sure that justice is served not just in a sense that you will be punished for your crimes in the judiciary sense. It also implies fairness in economical, educational and cultural equality that the state is trying to keep in place.

The states has been able to control the citizens by simply using methods such as Police, judges and soldiers who have a job of defending and protecting our interests. The use of religion is another factor that is put in place in order for us to have an understanding of why we go through certain things in life. The use of religion was there in order to help reduce the level of crime. It is place to go to in order to seek solitude and be at peace with ones self when you may be struggling at the certain point in your life.

It may be hard to be able to state who should run the state or even how the state should be ran, as leaving it in the hand of the everyday citizen would ruin and contradict the way the state could work and very soon the state would slowly crumble. This means there is a right reason why there are institutions like the Government and Monarchy to put these laws into practice and ensure that we can all still prosper.

It is clear that Thomas Hobbes cynical view on the National State is that religious authority is not the only way to gain order. He believed that order could be obtained through other mediums. He believed that order is everything. That it is better to be a slave or subject than a ‘slave of nature’.

Rousseau would argue the case also that while "we may be born free, but everywhere else is in chains" This is true in the sense that you are only held by law once you are born. You would not of been ruled by the laws beforehand as you had not existed in the State. He also believes that a reason for the inequality of the state is due to Property. It is here that people can show just how different their lives are than others. Someone with a huge mansion is clearly going to have much more money and likely to be rich businessman or celebrity. This shows the inequality compared to someone who may be earning not as much but putting in more hours maybe than the richer people. It is believed that due to this there is an increase in people feeling alienated.

It is clear that the political and economic success of Western liberalism is helping to increase the already alarming gap between rich and poor throughout the world. The World Bank and other national financial institutions are helping in order to help this problem in the way that was addressed by Marx on his theory of capitalism.

In conclusion it is very hard to say that people should have the rights to decide on equal democratic rights, as there will always be an argument between the classes. Most people will feel that we are right to keep the governed state the way it is at the moment.