yearly definitons

Class Consciousness

Realization by the masses about their common experience of being exploited by the upper class

Communism

State controls resources and eliminates stratification to achieve equality

Political Left

Group seeking to change current way of life

Political Right

Group in support of current government and/or way of life

Left v. Right

Two sides competing for power during political situations

Power Vacuum

Government situation that leaves the door open for political change

Nationalism

Nation is all that matters

Act-React

Series of actions and reactions contributing the negative history between groups and nations

Negative History

Shared experience between groups and/or nations that creates hatred between groups and/or nations

Following Orders

Concerned with getting the job down regardless of cost to humanity or one's self

Crime Against Humanity

An act of persecution or any large scale atrocities against a body of people

L+S vs. F

Local state and federal government

Imperialism

Foreign policy used by a strong nation to dominate another

Slap Thesis

How many times do I have to slap you until you slap back

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty created after World War I that lead to World War II and indirectly created problems that fueled the Cold War and led to the War on Terror

Golden Age

My experience with research has led me to think that every conservative group holds onto a golden age. The golden age is a time that people place on a pedestal and want to return to. The problem is the golden age believers usually reject change and want to return to that way of life

Or does it explode?

Result of slap thesis. You slapping back