Week 4 Lessons 4a-4c Revolutions The Atlantic Revolutions And

NameInstructor CourseDate Nationalism and socialismNationalism and socialism have more or less equal impact in the modern era. Nationalism is a strong feeling of loyalty towards a state. Members of a state are often united by similar historical and cultural backgrounds as well as the same mother tongue. Socialism on the other hand refers to the public ownership of means of production rather than individual ownership. However, to the extreme end of socialism is communism. According to Karl Marx, capitalism is not a natural state of power balance. Few individuals oppress the majority of the workers who work tirelessly to survive. At the end, the workers will not take it anymore and overthrow the political and social structures, and take over the factors of production. This will lead to a dictatorship of the people. Both socialism and nationalism are active forces in the modern world. Socialism triggers revolution against the powerful class. According to Ronald Beiner; a revolution “is a tiger’s leap into the past” (Beiner 423). A revolution exposes the past sufferings that the proletariat class went through in the hands of the bourgeoisie class. In the United States, a series of protests have been observed in recent years,