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What's a liberal and a comunist? And what's the diff between a democrat and republican? And is Prez. Obama a republican or a democrat. I'm 13 so can you explain it without all the confusing politics words? I skipped a few grades and I'll be taking a placement test in august that'll have some social studies and American history sections so I think it'll be good to know a little more about some if this stuff. Thanks a ton guys. :)
A liberal is a person who is more open to new ideas, and feels like things should always be changing, where a conservative is someone who thinks people should stick to tradition, and not change too much.
A communist is a person who thinks society will be more fair if there isn't private wealth, and more things are shared between all the citizens. They feel companies shouldn't be owned by a person, but by the government, so that profits can be split equally between all the workers. The opposite of a communist is a capitalist, who thinks that society runs better if people can have private wealth. They think that the competition stimulates society, and that all will benefit because the wealth will trickle down from the very rich to the very poor. A socialist is a person who is kind of in the middle (although some people would say socialists are more communist), and feels that it is good to have some private property, but for the most part, a nation of people should share what they have with eachother.
President Obama is a Democrat. Democrats tend to be more socialist; they tend to want to give more to the poor, and they tend to be more liberal. Republicans (sometimes called GOP, which means "Grand Ol' Party") tend to be more conservative, and they typically think that making things easier for the big businessmen will benefit all people in the country because the businessmen will hire more people and give them more money.
Another way people describe political stances is "right" and "left." A person on the right is usually someone who is more likely to want war, more conservative, more capitalistic, and a person on the left is usually less willing to go to war, more liberal, and more socialist. Lately, people have been using the term "centrist" to describe someone who is kind of in the middle, or who may go to the left when it comes to war, but to the right when it comes to being conservative.
Hope that helped...
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