The relationship of wealth and democracy

The relationship of wealth and democracy

There are many ways to accomplish the pursuit of wealth and power as well as social justice and democracy. The pursuit of wealth and power and the pursuit of social justice and democracy are related because they both affect the society. For example Adolf Hitler's pursuit of wealth and power almost caused a genocide while Martin Luther King's pursuit of social justice and democracy extinguished desegregation in the United States.
Adolf Hitler's rise to power provided him with wealth. Together power and wealth and power allowed Hitler to impact society. He persuaded the Germans specifically the poor that the Jews and homosexuals were the problem to their misery. The Germans soon accepted and began to follow Hitler due to their economic downfall. The war had devastated Germany and they needed a scapegoat to blame their problems on. Hitler affected the society by taking advantage during an economic crisis to fulfill his pursuit of wealth and power. The Germans did not want to kill the Jewish but they listened to Hitler blindly. His reign also affected social justice. He discriminated the Jewish and the homosexuals. An example was that he made the Jewish wear stars on their chests to identify them.
Similarly Martin Luther King affected the society in his pursuit of social justice and democracy. King's vision was to have a society in which race was not an issue in how people were treated or how they were allowed to live their life. His effort to have equal civil rights have changed the country for the better. He also believed in non-violence, following in the steps of Gandhi. Police forces did not back down from using violence against demonstrators and protesters but against their civil resistance they soon lost their brutality. King had affected the society by decreasing violence. He spread the awareness of protesting against discrimination. Responsible for passing the civil rights act and the voting rights act he changed American law so that blacks could not be...

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