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In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism.
Thomas Hobbes, author of "Leviathan" supported the enlightenment idea that people are naturally selfish. He said that human beings are very selfish and willing to hurt others for gain.
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Progressives were a group held together by the idea that industrialization was corrupting society and the country needed to reform to meet the needs of the new modern society.
The groups known as the Progressives included suffragettes, social reformers, temperance movement, conservationists, and unions. These groups attempted to reform the government to get rid of corruption and to obtain regulation on businesses. They also attempted to reform immigrants and the idea of American identity to bring the values of Protestant founders. Suffragettes fought to gain rights for women, in particular the right to vote. This movement was behind the passage of four amendments and many new laws.
The ports of the West Coast of the United States have historically been very important for the development of the country. From the date of independence, when the country only had ports in the Atlantic Ocean, it was understood that bioceanity was crucial to convert a nation into an economic power. The American expansionist plans, based on the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, sought to reach the Pacific Ocean.
These ports allowed the United States to expand its commercial influence to the Pacific Ocean, extending its commercial network to nations such as Japan, China, India and Australia, among others, who over the years have become great commercial partners of our country.
Thanks to this commercial expansion, the United States also gained a great geopolitical influence, for which bioceanity played a fundamental role. Today, America is influential both in the Atlantic Ocean, which connects it with Europe, and in the Pacific Ocean, which brings it closer to the great Asian markets.