> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 7 topics, 27 evergreens, 3 sources</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[Politics]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [Politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics) > > Politics (from Greek: Πολιτικά, politiká, 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. > > It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation. For example, abolitionist Wendell Phillips declared that "we do not play politics; anti-slavery is no half-jest with us." The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. > > A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising force, including warfare against adversaries. Politics is exercised on a wide range of social levels, from clans and tribes of traditional societies, through modern local governments, companies and institutions up to sovereign states, to the international level. In modern nation states, people often form political parties to represent their ideas. Members of a party often agree to take the same position on many issues and agree to support the same changes to law and the same leaders. An election is usually a competition between different parties. > > A political system is a framework which defines acceptable political methods within a [[society]]. The history of political thought can be traced back to early antiquity, with seminal works such as Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics in the West, and Confucius's political manuscripts and Chanakya's Arthashastra in the East. > **See**:: #### Related - [[Rise of Modern Conservatism]] - [[McCarthyism is an attack on totalitarianism not communism]] - [[Democracy is about an open forum of ideas]] - [[Anti-government stances lead to economic crashes]] - [[Rise of Conspiracy Culture]] - [[The anti-vax movement is based off a white lie]] - [[Q justifies conservatives discontent]] - [[MAGA is built off nostalgia not facts]] - [[The ethnic makeup of a community is a significant driver of change]] - [[Rise of Misinformation in America]] - [[Are Jesus' teachings antithetical to the modern Christian church]] - [[The moral majority movement was the original 'making things political']] - [[Anger fuels change]] - [[1968 was a major setback for the American left]] - [[Single issue voters are anti-democratic]] - [[Republican voters do not hold their leaders accountable]] - [[Yang's political failure was due to lack of activism and political inefficacy]] - [[Creationism built an anti-science culture]] - [[Marginalized identities are inseparable from politics]] - [[Ronald Reagan invented modern conservatism]] - [[First Amendment rights impacts groups not individuals]] - [[Republicans have become a true opposition party]] - [[Most rights were denied to Americans at its founding]] #### [[Politics]] 37/21 - [[Civil Rights]] - [[racism]] - [[Yang's political success was due to his appeal to common sense]] - [[Reagan]] - [[The Politicization of the Christian Church]] - [[political strategy]]