how symbols are used in political systems?
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Well, first of all, "flags" are one symbol that is used in just about every political system I can think of.  It is a 'banner' that represents a person's country and a symbol to which some countries have a "pledge of allegiance" to symbolize the alliance of its citizens.\n\nOther symbols, such as recognized leaders, are used on the currency, either paper or coin, in order to be commemorated during their daily use of the exchange of payment for goods.\n\nIndividual branches of goverment (such as the states in the US) have their own state flags, and on that note, birds, trees, etc. which are prominent in those regions are recognized as symbols of that particular state.
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no offence but wat r da symbols.???
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http://www.c-span.org/questions/week174.htm\n\n\n\nThis describes how both party's symbols became into existence!!!!\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/askeds/donkey-elephant.html
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it should be "politcal systems" not "system". there are all types of political systems in different countries in asia.
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People use alpha and omega for the unknowns. \nThey are letters of the greek alphabet.\nIn science they are used as constants.\nIn religion they are used to represent God.
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What kind of a symbol?
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The stars you're talking about denote the rank of the individual.  Stars, as a symbol of rank usually represent a higher rank such as, chief, commissioner, etc. Bars are usually used to denote lower ranks such as lieutenant or captain.  Many departments follow military rank to the tee, whereas others try to make their higher ranks look like Russian generals.
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Freedom means self-determination, autonomy, and spontaneity of a rational subject, the absence of submissiveness and servility.\n\nThe ama-gi, a Sumerian cuneiform word, is the earliest known written symbol representing the idea of freedom.\n\nIt's always meant the same thing basically, free of constraints, free to do what you want, free of slavery.
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Do your own homework kid.  No wonder the rest of the world laughs at the American education system.\n\nI can't tell you what the symbol is.  I don't have the map from your textbook sitting in front of me...which you should.  All maps are different, and the symbols are different from map to map.  \n\nThere is a difference between helping with questions you don't understand or can't solve and doing the work for you.
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The Coat of Arms of Mexico has been an important symbol of Mexican politics and culture for centuries. The current coat of arms has changed little since the Aztecs first developed it almost seven hundred years ago. \n\nThe coat of arms depicts a Mexican golden eagle, perched upon a cactus, devouring a snake. To the Aztecs this would have strong religious connotations, but to the Europeans, it would come to symbolize the triumph of good over evil.\n\nYou can get all details and the picture at :--
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They are Pagan symbols of fertility originally used in the celebration of Eastre, the welcoming of spring on the vernal equinox.\n\nChristians later adopted Eastre traditions so as to blend in to the Pagan majority while attempting to recruit converts. They also adopted the name and the date as well, until the Constantine changed the name and declared the "Easter Rule" at the Council of Nicaea. The Council of Nicaea was also when the Christian Church adopted the Pagan idea of the trinity to apply to "the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit," and was also the meeting at which the cross was made the official symbol of Christianity.
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They all share a structure on how their country should be run.  Predetermined way on how laws are made: democratically or chosen by one monarch or by a party.  Predetermined way to chose leaders, whether monarch (no choice), or representatives of the people, or designated people by a select group or by a party, and how long they will govern.  Predetermined way to collect money from the people, to decide how much to collect, to decide on how to spend it.  Predetermined way to make decisions on foreign policy.  Predetermined ways on how to make and implement justice.  In other words, all political systems share a structure on how to run their country, however different that structure may be.
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Flags are necessary to represent the prestige of the country 90% of the country flags have a meaning behind the image. It usually explains geometric qualities or political divisions or the ethnicity. So flags basically represent the people of each country in one image. So it is important to have a flag
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I just learned that yesterday. In Bible Study Im learning about other religions and we were going over Hinduism. The symbol welcomes auspiciousness and drives out evil.\nI didn't know that only because of what the nazis did, although in hitlers mind he prob thought that it would help him drive out the jews.
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don't know about the symbol for trust ... but i know of a couple of symbols for balance:  the scales and the yin yang
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Actually, just about every Western democracy uses a party system... of course, many other countries have more than two parties (for example, Canada has ~4-5 major parties; the UK has ~3 major parties) but the political party system is actually stronger in those countries. My understanding is that in Israel, you don't even vote for a candidate for their parliament, you vote for a party, and a person is chosen based on party votes.\n\nPolitical parties are important because they provide a method of political organization.  They provide services to candidates, politicians, and voters about issues-- for example, the party helps to collect information about particular issues to inform politicians on decisions.  They provide a collective consciousness for action (imagine if each politician had to sort through EVERY ISSUE in minute detail... there simply isn't time) and they provide family, a sense of place, camraderie, a "team spirit" if you will.  Finally they provide "shortcuts" for voters, too.  Of course, in this country every candidate is different, in general, a voter understands most of the basic premises that that candidate stands for if he is a democrat, republican, green, libertarian, etc.\n\nSome argue that it is the decline of poltical parties inthis country that has led to the decline of American interest in politics and voting.\n\nTo your second question, sure, a person should evaluate each candidate based on personal views, but sometimes that's just not always possible -- sometimes there are just too many races to be completely informed about (especially smaller races such as state legislature). Further, there's something to be said for collective action for the reasons I articulated above, and a person who will help move forward a group agenda can be just as helpful as the particular views of a particular politician. (People vote for representatives for a lot of reasons, including their personality, their experience, the fact that they helped them with a difficult governmental agency problem, etc...)
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There is no meaning.  However, both symbols originate from political cartoons by Howard Nest that appeared in Harper's Weekly in the 1870s (1870 for the Democrats, 1874 for the Republicans).  For some reason, the symbols stuck.