Research Paper: Impacts of the Prevailing Worldview and the Judeo-Christian Worldview on Liberalism

Impacts of the Prevailing Worldview and the Judeo-Christian Worldview on Liberalism
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Impacts of the Prevailing Worldview and the Judeo-Christian Worldview on Liberalism
Liberty is a state of being untouched by rules and other oppressive restrictions imposed by an authoritative or political figure in a certain society. Denying one the liberties they are owed would be unjust. For instance, some rulers deny subordinates their freedom while claiming that freedom deters the country economically and causes conflict in the society. This is using a citizen’s freedom as a tool in order to meet their ends. A citizen’s freedom is more than a tool that can be given and taken away whenever the government deems fit. Additionally, economies where people are free and just often end up with unparalleled wealth. This essay purposes to reflect on the benefits of individual liberty on a body politic and how prevailing worldviews and the Judeo-Christian worldview may impact the temerity involved in testing the theory.
Globally, there is a strong relation between democratic freedom and economic wealth. This relation usually goes past economic issues to comprise people’s social and physical wellbeing. The more freedom people are given, the more they contribute to their country’s technological and scientific advancement in fields like infrastructure, healthcare and life expectancy. In other words, the more one is granted freedom, the more they are granted human security. Take housing for example: People who own houses normally take good care of their houses when compared to people who rent. People naturally protect their own. Not owning property does not motivate one to renovate or improve it. Usually, one does not handle it with care because they want to get their money’s worth. Such is the case with the different nations. In the 17th century, many super powers kept slaves (Martin, 2006). However, very little was done in developing the different countries. Despite having adequate labor, these nations did not come out ahead of the others. This is because these slaves did not feel a sense of entitlement towards the development of the nations they were in. They worked against their will and more often than not were a source of substandard labor. Unlike citizens, slaves lack an incentive to contribute towards nation building. Besides the perks of freedom and the resultant prosperity, liberty individualizes people. While people have a lot in common, each person is inherently different. Each person has values, insights and experiences which no one can speculate. This means that everyone walks a different path and they alone can determine what is best for them.
A free market, the cost of goods is balanced by buyers and sellers. One can deduce that selling a lot of items at a small financial gain is actually more profitable than selling small quantities at a lofty profit. In this scenario, the availability of cheaper goods is encouraged in order to meet the mass demand of impoverished people. Additionally, these prices give the business owners an idea of what to sell at the market. This system works for thousands of producers, truckers, suppliers and business managers no wonder government intervention often fails to improve prices. No authoritative figure can possibly work out what each individual wants, where and when (Hawaii.edu, 2020). The idea of a free market was the cornerstone of liberalism in the 18th century. Adam Smith, the British philosopher stated that wealth is created best in an economy when a certain government does not interfere with the economy and people engage in free trade. However, there is only one example of such a market. It is now termed as communism (Martin, 2006). Communism with its scientific idea of history, its empirical proof and utopian plan to rid the world of exploitation, war, poverty and economic greed enthralled the minds of many people. Revolution, war and invasion enabled communists to take over countries like Germany, China, Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Hungary, Angola and Ethiopia. Theoretically, communism seemed like an impressive philosophy where freedom of markets is promoted and a people get wealth according to their different abilities and needs. However, the policy’s true motive was to control the market thus controlling people.
In 1920, Lenin created an intentional famine after the Russian revolution. When the Red Army invaded Russia, the communist party made a land decree which encouraged laborers to seize land which prevented cities and towns from getting food. The government declared that all peasants were to give up their excess grain while in truth all grain was termed as excess. The government went as far as putting a ban on private businesses and establishing a kind of rationing. Unlike in a free market, the peasants were not given incentives to produce since they could not make profit from the farm products (Hodge, 2020). Reasonably, the harvest made in 1921, accounted for only 40% that of 1913. During this harvest, peasants suffered from hunger having consumed the food reserves needed to get th...