The Tea Party Movement

The afternoon tea ships company MovementDemetrius ZissimosFollowing the 2008 economic crisis, a wave of anger flushed throughout the U.S. creating to separate groups, both lost and both clamoring for a change. The tea leaf fellowship Movement, a causa founded by a intumescent legal age of elder cautiouss, a conservative middleclass and large aggregate of upper class Americans disgruntled with organization index number and taxes, and the require W e real(prenominal) track front, founded by a mass of a younger liberal crowd upset at the power of corporations and their attend over the government, were born. Both ideologies brightened a large following as they collect in cities all over the U.S. and in the case of OPW (Occupy argue Street) all over the world. Both demanded change, using social media and modern technology to their service. to that extent although t here may be a few similarities within their frustrations with the government, they ar separated by va st differences found in their ideologies, methods, membership, approval rating, and boilers suit impact within the semipolitical system.The afternoon tea party at its center subscribe tos to protest fore some the size and power of the government. It states that the government is too large and its tax of the people has become out of control. These taxes, as a handle of the members within the afternoon tea ships company would argue, argon only use to neckcloth government programs that are really handouts given to those who are me commit winning advantage of the system. Yet at the same time, a large amount of the afternoon tea companionships race are elderly, and thus rely heavily on government programs like social security and Medicare. Its hard to understand how a group can argue a establishst the government social programs, piece taking advantage of such programs themselves. Their justification for what most would call a double standard likewise gives light into m ore topics that fit into the Tea troupes platform. They explain that they earned the purpose of such social programs after working in the U.S. and paying taxes for so long. Their issue with the other social programs is that the government is helping people who do not benefit society, do illegal immigrants a large majority of the people menti one and only(a)d. This dislike towards illegal immigration amplifies a distrust against the Obama administration, who they claim to be way too lax on the issue. At this point, the hostility against immigrants attracts a certain kind of intense and overzealous crowd to the front, one easily described as opinionated and very racist. The far regenerate conservatives joined the movement, those who rivet on certain ideas that are entire to principal(prenominal)tain the least. Such examples are the claims made by the Tea fellowship that Obama is a terrorist, was not born in the U.S., and is real Muslim despite his human beings talks of be ing a Christian. This blind hatred is unfortunately a common theme, spurred on as government leaders like Sarah Palin converse as leaders for the movement. Including their blind allegations against President Obama, Tea Party politicians need a history of extreme and controversial thoughts that ware given the movement a reputation of racist and extremist conservatives and served equally as a publicity stunt used to gain as much charge as possible. Especially concerning womens rights and rape, Tea Party politicians have been quoted making outrageous statements that cost them seats in government positions. The Tea Party has history of relying on extreme and insensitive statements to gain attention and gain a following of hard impression conservatives who blindly follow anyone that hits a limited point they feel to be underrepresented. Evidence is found in their 15 Non-negotiable Core Beliefs, which adopt English is our core language, Illegal aliens are here illegally, and Traditi onal family values are encouraged.(2) These traditional family values normally involve stripping women of the right to control their own bodies, even under extreme conditions, and are a large attraction by the extremist, normally sexist conservative. These few examples of core beliefs show a movement that is so focused on gathering chase that it loses track of what the movement actually started as, toning blue government spending, taxes and power. This creates a stark difference compared to Occupy who manages to keep a relatively focused delegation of a few core beliefs, kinda of casting a broad net to get any followers they can.Such extremism is a huge difference between the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street because although Occupy took extreme measures of showing anger, they graduation exercise off never created a political party, and second of all are not quoted having such extreme view points as those in the Tea Party. Occupy consists of a membership made up mainly of a young er crowd than that of the Tea Party, with three general stereotypes used to cook its membership, middle class liberal Americans, hipsters, and unemployed college graduates. These three groups find a common ground speaking out against the relatively light taxing of the rich compared to the middle class, the governments inability to investigate and retaliate corporations and their executives that caused the 2008 collapse and speak for a reform of the system of financing in which politicians rely on large corporations in order to gain political power.Although Occupy is upset with the federal government like the Tea Party, their main enemies are large faceless corporations. These corporations are not being held obligated for their reckless actions that affect the 99 share. The movement claims to speak against the one percent of the state that holds a huge majority of the nations wealth, and rules below the belt over the rest of the hoidenish, coining the term the 99 percent or th e majority of the people. This idea of the majority would likely align the movement with ideals of Mills liberalism, although they also share similarities with Marxism in their conflict of the one percent, who could be seen as the bourgeoisie, and the 99 percent or the proletariats, and the small revolution they committed by publicly organizing and disrupting Wall Street. But ideologically, Liberalism is the best fit for Occupy as both speak for the rule by the majority the 99 percent. likewise both see that the government has a role of protecting the majority, something that Occupy argues the government did not do. The Tea Party can also find similarities with Mills Liberalism, in that both have government retention very little power. Although the Tea Party is not really considered with the considerable majority, they do argue for certain liberties like gun control. Marxism however is a hard fit for the Tea Party, as both have very little in common. In regards to Fascism, both O ccupy and the Tea Party are on opposite ends of the spectrum, as neither want a complete control by the government, and Fascism is strictly against the rule of the majority.Although Occupy Wall Street had an altogether more effective protest force than the Tea Party (Estimates put the largest protest for Occupy Wall Street at over 1.4 million people in 950 cities in 84 countries, and the largest Tea Party protest at 311,460 people in 346 cities.(1)), Occupy didnt create its own political party like the Tea Party did. This hurt the movement, in that it became mostly focused as a movement and ideology, without much of a political impact. Even though the Democratic Party has shown small influences from Occupy in their speeches, very little can actually be proven to be done by the movement politically, while the Tea Party has had a more impactful political career. The Tea Party is credited to bringing more attention and energy back to the republican Party after the 2008 presidential ele ctions. Although the Tea Party didnt gain any real traction in the government, it can be argued that the republican party has adopted a few of the issues first argued by the movement, although those issues are very watered down, and try to avoid the extremist views of the Tea Party movement. But Occupy still holds a better public opinion, as 54 % of people have shown agreement with Occupy, while 20% of the population has shown agreement with the much more extreme Tea Party(1), a incident that can be explained through the extreme statements that the Tea Party used as a claim to fame. Yet to its benefit, Occupy Wall Street has a message that has reached not only a large population in the U.S. but also in other countries. It can be argued as well that Occupy never meant to gain a straight political following, as they kept a relatively vague mission statement, and never had true leadership taking the reins.The 2008 economic collapse was an burden that spurred an angry population into action, action that eventually involved millions of people, all of whom were structured by a common cause. Whether they were following the radical views of the Tea Party, or aiming for a more protected majority like Occupy, both movements have had everlasting effects, not only on the political spectrum but also within the people. Both movements while separate in following, ideology and boilers suit methods both share the common ground of being vehicles to show choler against a government that has become distanced from those it is mean to protect. 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