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There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed.

There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed. ~ Frank Buchman As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel.

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There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed.

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  1. There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed. ~ Frank Buchman As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel. ~ Rick Danko

  2. The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system. ~ Milton Friedman It has always seemed strange to me ... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ~ John Steinbeck

  3. Altruism: 1. Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

  4. Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. ~ Richard Dawkins Altruism is innate, but it’s not instinctual. Everybody’s wired for it, but a switch has to be flipped. ~ David Rakoff

  5. Nice Guys Finish First: The Competitive Altruism Hypothesis Charlie L. Hardy & Mark Van Vugt University of Kent at Canterbury Abstract Three experimental studies examined the relationship between altruistic behavior and the emergence of status hierarchies within groups. In each study, group members were confronted with a social dilemma in which they could either benefit themselves or their group. Study 1 revealed that in a reputation environment when contributions were public, people were more altruistic. In both Studies 1 and 2, the most altruistic members gained the highest status in their group and were most frequently preferred as cooperative interaction partners. Study 3 showed that as the costs of altruism increase, the status rewards also increase. These results support the premise at the heart of competitive altruism: Individuals may behave altruistically for reputation reasons because selective benefits (associated with status) accrue to the generous.

  6. The Russian Revolutions

  7. Russian Revolutions - Background Essential Questions: 1). In what ways was Russia ripe for revolution in 1917?

  8. Essential Questions: 1). In what ways was Russia ripe for revolution in 1917? 2). How did the Russian Revolutions lead to the establishment of Communism and the Soviet Union?

  9. Essential Questions: 1). In what ways was Russia ripe for revolution in 1917? 2). How did the Russian Revolutions lead to the establishment of Communism and the Soviet Union? 3). How did this impact the lives of the peoples of Russia from 1917 - 1991?

  10. Essential Questions: 1). In what ways was Russia ripe for revolution in 1917? 2). How did the Russian Revolutions lead to the establishment of Communism and the Soviet Union? 3). How did this impact the lives of the peoples of Russia from 1917 - 1991? 4). How did Soviet Communism influence international affairs?

  11. Essential Questions: 1). In what ways was Russia ripe for revolution in 1917? 2). How did the Russian Revolutions lead to the establishment of Communism and the Soviet Union? 3). How did this impact the lives of the peoples of Russia from 1917 - 1991? 4). How did Soviet Communism influence international affairs? 5). Although Russia is no longer a communist state, what has been the legacy of the Russian Revolutions both in Russia and the world?

  12. Russia’s ethnic diversity makes it an unlikely candidate as a country.

  13. From 1328, Russia Ruled by a Tsar: The Romanov dynasty: Peter the Great (1600s) Catherine the Great (1700s)  Nicholas I Alexander II (1800s) Alexander III Nicholas II

  14. Feudal system in Russia • Serfs continued to work the land of the lords in Russia, well after feudalism had collapsed in the rest of Europe. • 712 peasant uprisings in Russia b/w 1826 and 1854. • Serfs were emancipated in 1861 by Alexander II. • At the time, their freedom came at a great price; they were able to buy the least productive piece of land from their lord, in exchange for significant costs. Most emancipated serfs were not able to make a profit off their farm land alone. Russia’s peasantry continued in destitution, and uprising continued. • Background reading on the Emancipation of the Serfs: http://www.historytoday.com/michael-lynch/emancipation-russian-serfs-1861-charter-freedom-or-act-betrayal

  15. Video clips – communism vs. capitalism • Smurfs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qra0hlO6hZk • Captain Capitalism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nEgjwfX6s8

  16. Communism - "From each according to his ability to each according to his needs.“ Marxism - Karl Marx/ Engels --> the Communist Manifesto

  17. The Path to Revolutions in Russia Russia Pre-1917:

  18. Fuelling the Sparks - 1905 - 1917: 1. Bloody Sunday: Jan 22, 1905 – Tsarist troops fire on a group of protesters begging the Tsar for help.

  19. Fuelling the Sparks cont. 2. General strike:Oct. 20-30 > All of Russia on strike. Tsar must do something Result:October Manifesto -promises: 1. To provide some civil liberties 2. Create a Duma: a legislative assembly (turn Russia into a Constitutional Monarchy). Reality: By 1906, Tsar goes back on many promises > Held power to call/dismiss the Duma, and rarely called it.

  20. Fuelling the Sparks cont. • 3. World War I:More strikes in 1914 than 1905, but Nicholas II • saw war as an opportunity to rally the country. • People were initially enthusiastic about the • war, but this feeling quickly faded: • WHY? > people realized Tsarist gov’t could not organize an efficient war effort. • Troops totally ineffective: pathetic equipment, poor medical situation.

  21. Fuelling the Sparks cont. -August 1915: Nicholas II leaves for the front to take charge of troops. Result: > major mistake: 1. Russian troops continue to lose battles – blamed on Tsar. 2. Leaves Alexandra (Tsarina) in charge. • gov't power to Rasputin, a peasant monk

  22. I believe in miracles, since you came along... You sexy thing....

  23. Rasputin Background... Name: GrigoriYefimovich Rasputin From: Siberia, Russia Born: 22 January, 1869

  24. Hemophilia is hereditary – passed through royal families of Europe from Queen Victoria

  25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgRZMn-UGg4

  26. Ra Ra Rasputin....

  27. Rasputin” by Boney M There lived a certain man in Russia long agoHe was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glowMost people looked at him with terror and with fearBut to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dearHe could preach the bible like a preacherFull of ecstasy and fireBut he also was the kind of teacherWomen would desire

  28. RA RA RASPUTINLover of the Russian queenThere was a cat that really was goneRA RA RASPUTINRussia's greatest love machineIt was a shame how he carried on

  29. He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czarBut the kasachok he danced really wunderbarIn all affairs of state he was the man to pleaseBut he was real great when he had a girl to squeezeFor the queen he was no wheeler dealerThough she'd heard the things he'd doneShe believed he was a holy healerWho would heal her son

  30. But when his drinking and lusting and his hungerfor power became known to more and more people,the demands to do something about this outrageousman became louder and louder.

  31. "This man's just got to go!" declared his enemiesBut the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charmsThough he was a brute they just fell into his armsThen one night some men of higher standingSet a trap, they're not to blame"Come to visit us" they kept demandingAnd he really came

  32. RA RA RASPUTINLover of the Russian queenThey put some poison into his wineRA RA RASPUTINRussia's greatest love machineHe drank it all and he said "I feel fine"

  33. RA RA RASPUTINLover of the Russian queenThey didn't quit, they wanted his headRA RA RASPUTINRussia's greatest love machineAnd so they shot him till he was dead(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians...

  34. "If I am killed by common men, you and your children will rule Russia for centuries to come; if I am killed by one of your stock, you and your family will be killed by the Russian people!" – Rasputin

  35. Prince Felix Yusupov Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Politician Vladimir Purishkevich

  36. Fuelling the Sparks cont. -August 1915: Nicholas II leaves for the front to take personal charge of troops. Result: > major mistake: 1. Russian troops continue to lose battles – blamed on Tsar. 2. Leaves Alexandra (Tsarina) in charge. • gov't power to Rasputin, a peasant monk • R. replaces cabinet ministers with his incompetent friends, continual scandals > brings shame upon the royals

  37. Fuelling the Sparks - World War I cont. • As war progressed, more men needed for Russian army. Over 15 million peasants conscripted. Results: > agricultural production drops (men leave farms) > shortages of food lead to rapid inflation (prices up 700% b/w 1914-1917)

  38. 1. March Revolution (1917) Causes: 1. Disasters of WWI - lost all battles, millions died 2. Role of Rasputin - destroyed Czar's prestige 3. Czar's mistake - left Petrograd - led troops – lost = decrease prestige 4. Political Discontent: Rise of political parties

  39. March Revolution cont. 4. Political Discontent: Rise of political parties - Zemstovs: based on Western parliamentary traditions. Democratic liberals, included doctors, lawyers, teachers - Kadets: youth, naive, liberal/democratic, want to overthrow Czar - Social Revolutionaries: peasants, violent, killed Czar Alexander (Nicholas's father) - Social Democrats / Marxists: 2 factions: > Bolsheviks & Mensheviks

  40. Causes – Review cont. 5. Economic Crisis – Famine  Strikes - 1917: Shortage of bread - March. 1917 most of the workers in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and Moscow were striking and rioting for higher food rations. • Disturbances in food lines of freezing, frustrated shoppers in St. Petersburg (now Petrograd) erupted in violence • workers clash with police

  41. Female demonstrators, protesting cost of bread were joined on the streets by striking factory workers

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