The World of the 1960s and 1970s

   The world of the 1960s and 1970s was dangerous.  With the Vietnam war, Cold War, American interventions in other countries, and the assassination of Kennedy, the countries were in danger and depressed.  (Also, you might be wondering why a Star Wars Poster is in this essay…Well!  Read on!)

Russia During Its Revolutions

   The reason why Russia went through its revolutions during the first world war and after was because of Karl Marx’s Marxism.  Richard Pipes, a historian on the Russian Revolutions, wrote, “Soviet Russia was the first society in history to outlaw law”.  I will explain what he meant by this.  The rule of Russia by Lenin was definitely not something you would be happy with, at least if you have a mind, you would not, I hope.

Cardinal Richelieu, Spain Declined, Constitutionalism, and Absolutism

   Cardinal Richelieu wanted to be powerful and he wanted power to be spread.  The once wealthy Spanish experienced a tragic decline in the economic life and their healthy.  Constitutionalism is something that we should be familiar with today, if you live in the United States of America.  Absolutism is not a very good thing; who would want to be ruled by someone who could basically do anything to you whether wanted the ruler to or not?

“Eutopia”, More Wars, and the First Libertarians

   Utopia is a place that mankind will never get to.  This “eutopian” idea came to be known in the fifteen hundreds.  But why at that time and not earlier?  The Thirty Years’ War was started by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, who wanted the whole Roman Empire to be believers in just one religion – Catholicism, but Bohemia, the country he formerly ruled, did not agree with him.  The English Civil War had to with Charles I and Parliament wanting to have absolute rule of England or just to keep things the way they were.  The Levellers were the first Libertarians — a name which has been used inappropriately today.