The Monster In Frankenstein

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Few monster portrayals are as prevalent in modern society as they are in politics. In today’s world, the monster is almost always seen through the eyes of the press. In Wilkin’s article, For Trump and G.O.P., the Welfare State Shouldn’t Be the Enemy, the clear monster to the Republican Party in American politics are the effects of the welfare state more often favored by the Democratic Party. For decades, the Democratic Party has operated on the liberal and bigger government ideals. For even more decades, the Republican Party and its leaders have supported the ideas of a free economic market, and a lack of government and regulation to stimulate more economic activity. Additionally, the desire to be free from “Big Brother” has become center of Republican ideals. Unfortunately, the unanimous support and forever movement towards the right has resulted in the alienation of the Democratic Party from the Republican right and has caused major bipartisan conflict in the past few months. Unfortunately, the constant negation …show more content…
Both offer illustrations of the fear of something different. In Frankenstein, a conservative society pushed against the creature just as the current Republican Party, negates the validity of the benefits of the welfare state. The lack of knowledge and understanding has caused the creation of a monster character. To the Republican Party, everything in their policy is created under a conservative philosophy. Though some aspects of government can work with conservative ideologues, however fiscal and regulatory policy are incredibly different and economists have not been able to find many disadvantages in the liberal models of a controlled market. Should this continue, it could cause the implosion of the Republican Party’s ordeals, and cause a major political shift, just as Frankenstein’s creature caused uproar with the deaths of civilians in