Political Ideology

According to John Stuart Mill, personal freedom is __________.

• of limited importance

• a relic of old and obsolete thinking

• to be highly prized

• destined to lead to civil war

The harm principle assumes that __________.

• freedom encourages experimentation and open dialogue that allows people to reject dangerous ideas

• freedom encourages tension, stress, and competition

• freedom inevitably results in religious extremism

• in the state of nature, people will always act in their own self-interest

Marxism views the working class as __________.

• the most privileged class

• the class that will lead a revolution against capitalism

• the owners of the means of production under capitalism

• the perpetuators of systemic racism

Gramsci believed that __________.

• capitalists use cultural control to shape workers’ way of thinking against the goals of Marxism

• a workers’ revolution would never happen

• traditional religion is highly valuable and should be protected against critique

• owners and workers are on the same team

Authoritarianism always entails a complete repudiation of individual rights

• True

• False

Maoism alters Marxism by seeing __________.

• capitalism as good

• the peasantry as unable to change society

• religion as a social force to be celebrated and promoted

• None of the above

The center left is a form of __________.

• democratic liberalism

• communism

• socialism

• populism

Political fusionism combines __________.

• Marxism and multiculturalism

• moderate economic liberalism and moderate social liberalism

• moderate economic libertarianism and extreme social conservatism

• moderate economic libertarianism and moderate social conservatism

Which of the following ideologies is not associated with the New Left?

• Environmentalism

• Second-wave feminism

• Conservative populism

• Indigenism

The assertion that contemporary Western societies manifest structural racism is __________.

• a key position of conservative populists

• a key element of communism

• a key position of critical race theorists

• a key element of Maoism