Socialist's speech
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In this assignment, I have to deliver a speech on a topic of public services. My speech has to be based on a socialist idea, so I have to use what I have learnt in class to form my arguments. What I have learnt from doing this project is a view of a socialist towards a certain topic and the reason why they believe that way. Moreover, I have learnt how to give a speech with a well-organized structure which helps listeners to understand easily, and a proper gesture and tone. I have also done the speech from a liberal side so I have learnt the different point of views. In liberalism, people support the privatization of public services . They support individualism, economic freedom, and liberty of people. When the public services are owned by private companies, it doesn’t harm others; therefore people should not be prohibited to control them. On the other hand, when they are owned by the government, it will allow them to have too much power, which is contradict to the value of liberalists. However, in socialism, they prefer when public services are controlled by the government. It’s possible that company managers will take advantage of people by setting high price; therefore it creates in equality in the society. When they are owned by the government, the government can make sure that every citizen can access equally, regardless of different ages, genders, or social statuses.
Political thinkers: Herbert Spencer
We were introduced to many well-known political philosophers throughout the history. Then, in pair, we were assigned with a specific philosopher to concentrate in. We recorded the information and included our analysis in the learning record. Finally, we had to create a final product presenting what we've learnt.