Final Exam pt 3 Flashcards
Eco-socialism
Meaning:
Eco-socialism argues that we need to move from a lfe that is focused on consumption and long lasting hours to one where we work less and consume less
Importance:
- two components include less work and guaranteed economic security for all, that way less work is not scary
- Everyone would have the right to work any numbers of hours they want
- a possibility would be having high quality services like free education, healthcare etc.
Basic Income
Meaning:
Basic income refers to a income that is given to all adults, with the amount varying depending on the income you already receive
Importance:
- it gives those who have a lower income or no income at all a safety net
- it would give equal opportunity for all, encouraging those who weren’t in positions to pursue entrepreneurship to start their own business
- It would result in increased freedom for all, allowing people to make important life choices like starting a family, without having economic stress to maintain their employment
Formal Freedom vs Real Freedom
Meaning:
Formal freedom refers to legal and political right to do something with non intervention from others (ex. freedom of speech)
Real freedom refers to the genuine capability to pursue your goals
Importance:
- real freedom requires the possession of necessary resources and opportunity
- a person with the legal right to vote might not have the resources to inform themselves about candidates on issues
Eurocentrism
Meaning:
A worldview that centers around European culture
Importance:
- it believes that european civilization is inherently better than any other
- uses european values and experiences as a standard to judge other cultures
- blinds people from truly understanding world history, as they are only concerned with one view
- leads to bias
Indigenous Sovereignty
Meaning:
Indigenous sovereignty refers to the inherent right for Indigenous peoples to self govern themselves
Importance:
- important in addressing historical injustice due to colonization and discrimination
- promotes social justice and equality for indigenous people
- also allows indigenous people to preserve their unique culture and language
Democratic Socialism
Meaning:
Democratic socialism aims to take the good from capitalism (economic efficiency) and from social democracy (equality and democracy)
Importance:
- two pillars include worker co-ops replacing capitalist firms
- as well as a socialist market that has high tax on the rich
- lots of great services
- lots of regulations
- alternative to capitalism
Mondragon
Meaning:
Mondragon is a town in north Spain where 5 workers opened a small worker co-op making stoves
Importance:
- In modern times, Mondragon included over 100 worker co-ops, employing 80k people
- The co-ops are leaders in a number of fields like industry and retail. Each co-op is governed by its own internal workers who elect the governing council
- It is an inspiring example and provides important evidence that workplace democracy can work at a large scale
Prefigurative politics
Meaning:
Aims to address potential future issues in modern time
Importance:
- it involves direct participation and decision making through democracy
- anti- authoritarianism, challenging existing power structures and systems of domination
- It is often associated with things that seek radical social change, like anarchist and feminist movements
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Meaning:
service providers should not ask for citizenship info before providing essential services, if they somehow find out immigration info, they should not tell this info to border security
Importance:
- In order to combat the constant anxiety and fear that non-status people or ‘illegal immigrants’ face, a justice group in Toronto and Vancouver has fought to pass the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
- This is important in alleviating the stress that comes from being a undocumented person, allowing them to be included in the standard set of legal and social rights enjoyed by citizens.
Columbus Quote
This quote exemplifies Columbus’s perception of Indigenous people, specifically Arawak people. All the arawak people emerged from their villages to greet Columbus as he had arrived in a large boat carrying swords. This is significant because instead of genuinely acknowledging how remarkable the Arawak people were, he instead made fun of them for cutting themselves with his swords. Instead of noticing the skills and talent that they had, he thinks about how he can enslave them and use them for his own economical gain. In fact as soon as he arrived in the indies, he forcefully imprisoned some of the arawak people and forced them to give him information. “Where is the gold?”
