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SOCIOPOLITICAL IDEOLOGIES GLOBALLY ARE BRINGING ABOUT A NEW WORLD ORDER

1. INTRODUCTION

The term sociopolitical ideology refers to a certain set of lawful theories or philosophies that dictate
how society should be governed. Sociopolitical seek to ensure that every individual member of society
lives a satisfying life on the basis of how a stable a countrys economy is. These ideologies play a
major role globally on economic development and trade relations between countries, especially in
developing economies.
This piece of writing seeks to outline the future impact of the sociopolitical systems in a global context.
I will explain each of the three most popular government systems that are exercised by states globally,
namely capitalism, socialism and communism. I will then go on to explain, with examples, how each of
them contributes to the way in which governments are constituted. I will then conclude by suggesting
how these ideologies are shaping the future of the world today and stating the solutions to social ills
that have been attempted to be eliminated through sociopolitical ideologies.

2. IDEOLOGIES

Capitalism. This is a system that believes that believes in free-market neoliberalism where business
regulates itself without the intervention of the state. This system is exercised in most of the
developed economies like that of the United States of America and most parts of Europe. It believes
that every member of society should work hard to live a better life that they deserve. This system has
and is contributing largely to the development of the United States and other developed states.

Communism and Socialism. Invented by Karl Max and Friedrich Engelsin the 19th century,
communism is very similar to socialism. They both believe that the state should have grater control
over all sectors of the economy for equal distribution of the wealth for all members of society. These
ideologies are exercised in most developing economies like that of Cuba, China is also striving for a
socialist economic system to mention a few, with China being the hub manufacturing and the largest
exporter in the whole world today. The following section describes how the above mentioned
ideologies contribute in shaping the worlds sociopolitical landscape.

3. THE IMPACT OF THE SOCIOPOLITICAL IDEOLOGIES TO THE FUTURE

As we might be aware that for any nation to be able to trade with other nations, it needs to be
competitive in the global economy, one cannot argue differently to the fact that sociopolitical
ideologies are shaping the future of the worlds political and economic landscape. The global
economic competitiveness of a states is determined by the stability of its own economy. We have
now seen the establishment of BRICS, where developing economies come together to share a
perspective on how they constitute the running of their economies which tells us that we are yet to
see more of such alliances on the basis of the systems that run the countries. The levels of literacy
that the world enjoys these days is also a direct determinant of the future of sociopolitical ideologies
because they can now be passed from generation to generation.

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