Radical Ideologies and Ideas

Question 1

Radical ideologies and ideas are problematic if they are reduced to ___.

Answer 1

Destruction.

Question 2

Radical ideologies and ideas challenge the ___ ___.

Answer 2

Status quo.

Question 3

Radical ideologies and ideas tend to be separated into ___ and ___ politics.

Answer 3

Left, right.

Question 4

___ is associated with egalitarianism, while ___ is associated with individualism.

Answer 4

Left, right.

Question 5

Between left and right wing politics, ___ is more reactionary.

Answer 5

Right.

Question 6

An ideology ___ concepts, theories, and political programs.

Answer 6

Merges.

Question 7

While ideologies try to make a claim to truth, what they say may not be ___ true.

Answer 7

Universally.

Question 8

Negative ideologies demonstrate how ideologies can change people’s perspectives and make them believe something that is ___ to them.

Answer 8

Detrimental.

Question 9

Marx believed that capitalism functioned through ___ ideology.

Answer 9

Negative.

Question 10

According to socialism, property should be distributed ___ among people.

Answer 10

Equally.

Question 11

According to socialism, members of society should look towards what they can do for the good of the ___.

Answer 11

Community.

Question 12

Socialism is committed to evolutionary/revolutionary change.

Answer 12

Revolutionary.

Question 13

What are the three types of socialism?

Answer 13

1. Utopian socialism.
2. Scientific socialism.
3. Democratic socialism.

Question 14

What is utopian socialism?

Answer 14

There is no private ownership (the community owns everything) and everyone has what they need.

Question 15

What is scientific socialism?

Answer 15

Marx’s socialism, where there is a belief that capitalism is fundamentally destructive to society, as the proletariat is exploited while the bourgeoise reaps the benefits. Radical change.

Question 16

What is democratic socialism?

Answer 16

Less revolutionary and more evolutions, functions within a democracy, and is modern day socialism.

Question 17

Communism is not exactly what Marx envisioned. Why is this? Give an example.

Answer 17

In the U.S.S.R., people were living in poverty, but the nation was supposed to be communist.

Question 18

Fascism is on the ___ side of the political spectrum.

Answer 18

Right.

Question 19

Fascism is a movement of ___ change.

Answer 19

Political.

Question 20

Fascism is about individuals, but more accurately…

Answer 20

Specific individuals in the dominant, desired group.

Question 21

Fascism instills a sense of pride for being a part of the “master race”, which in turn…

Answer 21

Causes them to follow the leader of the “master race”.

Question 22

Fascism is hierarchical. True or false?

Answer 22

True.

Question 23

Fascism is largely maintained by getting people to respect the state. This is achieved through…

Answer 23

Police and military presence.

Question 24

Fascism is about creating borders. What does this mean?

Answer 24

There are specific definitions about who belongs in a fascist society, and who does not.

Question 25

With anarchism, it is often assumed to be about chaos, destruction, and lack of order. However, in reality, what is it about?

Answer 25

Taking away hierarchies.

Question 26

Anarchists believe that power is always…

Answer 26

Concentrated at the top.

Question 27

Anarchists believe in distributing power in a ___ way.

Answer 27

Egalitarian.

Question 28

What are the two types of anarchism?

Answer 28

1. Socialist anarchism.

2. Individualist anarchism.

Question 29

What is socialist anarchism about?

Answer 29

Community and ensuring equality. Commonly redistributes property.

Question 30

Individualist anarchism is based on ___.

Answer 30

Libertarianism.

Question 31

Individual anarchism and libertarianism heavily focus on maintaining a ___ government set up in basic ways, and gaining individual rights and freedoms.

Answer 31

Small.

Question 32

Individual anarchism is/isn’t about equality.

Answer 32

Isn’t.