About
The Unicorn Party
What & Why
A political party is, a group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power. Political parties originated in their modern form in Europe and the United States in the 19th century, along with the electoral and parliamentary systems, whose development reflects the evolution of parties. The term party has since come to be applied to all organized groups seeking political power, whether by democratic elections or by revolution.
I have decided that I am going to create the unicorn party to help myself get elected. For anyone wondering why allow me to explain:
For one, “uni” is Latin for “one”, which refers to the mythical creature’s single horn. Most animals are equipped with two horns. The nature of this project is inclusive and promotes unity. It’s certainly not about men vs women but, rather, it’s in the name of our united front as we work together harmoniously to create equality for everyone. The unicorn’s single horn symbolically reminds us of this unified effort as we work towards one common goal.
Unicorns help protect and cure us from cultural poisons. Originally, unicorns were seen simply as a natural history curiosity, known only from reports out of the far east. Unicorns appeared gentle but were perceived as fierce! Even though they were quite dangerous, they were worth hunting because their horns acted as protection or a cure against all poisons.
During Medieval times, western Christians added all of the associations of purity – being tamable by virgins, and the like. The idea of the unicorn horn being a uniquely effective cure for poisons remained.
Unicorns help empower women – Sparkle up the fantastical magic now!
Capitalism, Socialism, & Communism:
what's the difference?
Capitalism and socialism are somewhat opposing schools of thought in economics. The central arguments in the socialism/capitalism debate are about economic equality and the role of government: socialists believe economic inequality is bad for society and the government is responsible for reducing it via programs that benefit the poor. e.g. free public education, free or subsidized healthcare, social security for the elderly, higher taxes on the rich. On the other hand, capitalists believe that government does not use economic resources as efficiently as private enterprise and therefore society is better off with the free market determining economic winners and losers. This lack of government involvement in the economy is called “laissez faire” (literally “let it be”) The U.S. is widely considered the defender of capitalism and large parts of Scandinavia and Western Europe are socialist democracies. However, the truth is every developed country has some programs that are socialist.
Capitalism
A way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) are owned by individual people and companies rather than by the government.
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.
Social Democracy
In the many years since socialism entered English around 1830, it has acquired several different meanings. It refers to a system of social organization in which private property and the distribution of income are subject to social control, but the conception of that control has varied, and the term has been interpreted in widely diverging ways, ranging from statist to libertarian, from Marxist to liberal. In the modern era, “pure” socialism has been seen only rarely and usually briefly in a few Communist regimes. Far more common are systems of social democracy, now often referred to as democratic socialism, in which extensive state regulation, with limited state ownership, has been employed by democratically elected governments (as in Sweden and Denmark) in the belief that it produces a fair distribution of income without impairing economic growth.
Socialism
A way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies:
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
2a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property.
2b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state.
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.
Communism
A way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property:
1a: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed.
1b: a theory advocating elimination of private property.
2a: a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
2b: a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production.
2c: a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably.
2d: communist systems collectively.
