“1. What are my political, economic, and social philosophies?”
The VonEyeians stepped up to the plate and after much thought, answered these questions with thoughts that will help them to connect to their country in much deeper ways.
Seth began the discussion with an idea that class life and CM life should be woven together so that citizen’s behavior in one should effect the other,
“The leaders of our nation should be chosen by how the act in class. Such as whether or not the try to help in class, or are just a pain in the butt. They should be thoughtful, fair, trustworthy, and most of all honest. There number one priority should be to keep the more powerful citizens from overrunning the country. The country needs a strict government. By how hard someone works in class, the harder they work, the more they excell in the country. I would rather live in a country that valued freedom so that no matter how far underclass one would be, they could not be thrown in jail without proper cause. I would say humans are naturally good but it is events in life that cause humans to make different choices that could be good or bad.”
Sarah.M has the same overall theory as Seth but without binding the in class actions with the in Civic Mirror actions,
“Leaders of the nation should be determined by popular vote, but must have organizational skills. They must also be responsible, care about what they are doing, timely, and able to create and follow schedules. The number one priority should be to uphold the laws that are already in place, and (in the case of lawmakers and president) listen to those who got them where they are. Every community needs basic rules and guidelines as well as punishments for when they are broken.”
Humans are naturally good and trustworthy, but circumstances shape who they become. Humans are also naturally lazy, so we will often choose the easy way out regardless of the morality. For the same reason, we are also naturally selfish; if we have no reason to or are not forced to, often we will watch out for ourselves first and others second.”
People should be able to attain what they can in any legal manner, i.e., capitalism. There should be no limits to what can be achieved so long as the one achieving it has the resources to do so. The government’s job is to govern and provide guidelines, not to interfere and meddle; let the government do their job and the people do theirs. I would rather live in a country that valued freedom, for through freedom one can create the (possibly) needed equality, but simple equality can be equally bad just as easy as equally good.”
Amanda used her experience outside of the classroom do discover her own political/social/economic beliefs,
“Leader should be determined by majority vote. The leader should also have the main characteristics, which would be like responsible, caring, and willing to do the job. Some of the skills that the leader should have would be, time, which means they should make time to do the job they were elected to do, and again being responsible, caring, and willing. The number one priority of the leader should be to uphold and enforce. Also leader needs to be able to listen to the voice of the people that elected him/her. The most important thing that a nation needs to run correctly is laws and for the laws to be enforced and uphold. The nation can’t have a leader or lawmakers that don’t enforce or make laws to help out the citizens.
Government could have a say in what people get, like food, money, and land. But I think that the government shouldn’t have a say in it unless the issue gets out of hand. Citizens also shouldn’t be limited to the amount of stuff they get. I think the best way to determine who gets what is by the amount of money people have.
Humans are naturally good but just choose to make mistakes that make them look or sound bad. People can also be trustworthy or deceitful. When thinking about this stuff about humans there are people that can be both so you can’t really choose between. Some humans are hard-working and some are lazy. Really it depends on the person. I think most humans are selfish, because most the time all you think about is you, you, you, not what can I do for that person.”
It seems the citizens of VonEye01 believe in the general good of humanity which is always a comforting thing to know! They realize, however, that citizens of any country need a particular kind of guidance and it seems VonEyeians agree so far that this guidance should be democratic in some way although economic ideas differ slightly. It is interesting how much personal experience effects political ideals and it will be equally interesting to see if experience with the Civic Mirror will further cement these beliefs or push them to develop new ideals. We will have to wait and see….
