Different Political Styles
What are their ideologies and how would they work on the island setting.
DiCtatorship (N. Korea)
- Leader: Kim Jong Un
- some would say mentally ill
- is "God"
- all must obey and worship
- no one can challenge
- strong military force
- Nation is "perfectly happy"
- nuclear threat
What would Kim Jong Un do on an island?
- Would be take form as Simon or Jack
- all must bow and worship leader
- have a strong hunting force
- mandatory hunting or defense service
- would deny rescue if it were to come
- threaten outsiders of the island to warfare,
but never go through with it
Communism
- government owns all
- everyone equal (classless)
- equal pay, resources, social services
- must work (work driven state)
- Utopia
- one party system (Communist Party only)
- cannot "earn more" than others
SamnEric Party
- no matter who you vote for, you get the same government anyway
- Samneric own all
- all get equal shelter, food, water, etc.
- all resources pooled together and distributed
- no biguns and littluns class system
- all must work
- Island Utopia
Democracy
- vote for a representative
- supposed to meet needs of the majority
- people have the power
- can call a vote of non confidence
- often corrupt
Vote for....
- Boys find that Ralph is best and vote for him
- later on do not like him
- vote of non confidence and Jack becomes new leader
- Jack becomes corrupt and abuses his power to take over the island
Social state
- less extreme communism
- social services are government owned (health care, school, etc)
- still allows free market
- luxuries are earned not given
Social state On an island
- basic shelter, food, water, clothing provided to all
- luxuries like good food, a big shelter, that pretty grass skirt you've been eyeing on all must be earned through hard work.
American Capitalism
- must work for personal benefit
- if rich you deserve it, poor means you are lazy
- competition is good for economy
- goal is to earn as much money as possible even at the expense of others.
- you have "succeeded" if achieve a monopoly
- society run on consumer demand
Island Capitalism
- have a made up currency like shells to buy and sell products and services
- Jack and crew are the pig hunting services
- Piggy would be the fire starter service man
- Samneric would be personal servants
- some kids' businesses will fail, while some flourish.
Monarchy
- King or Queen absolute power
- power is inherited
- dictator like power
Who WOuld be King?
- Which boy would most likely be husband or boyfriend material thus able to marry a queen and become king?
- Ralph: hottest boy in the group, decent leader, BRITISH
- Jack: most dictator like, "bad boy" and BRITISH
- Piggy: cute, chubby, and BRITISH
Anarchy
- no strict form of government
- rules if there is any are not enforced
- disorganization
- everyone is either solo or form their own small groups
- violence could easily break out
- So........ exactly what happened on the island
TWitch PLAYS POkemon
- thousands people watching a live stream of Pokemon were able to type in commands to control the character
- players had the option to choose to play democratically or anarchically
- somehow with thousands of people controlling one character they beat the game
- shows that everything will work out in the end
- events in the game create a story made up by the fans
- fans made a religion and worship the Mighty Helix Fossil
Class Plays Lord of the Flies
- We control Simon or Ralph
- each member of the class can shout out commands to tell the main character what to do
- the class collectively can choose the to democratically or be an anarchy
What is your ideal way to run your island?
Different Governing Styles
By dennistruong
Different Governing Styles
What are their ideologies and how would they work on an island.
