The document discusses different ideologies through examples from Inuit society and perspectives on individualism and liberalism. It summarizes that Inuit society has shifted from a more collectivist approach of sharing resources to embracing individualism and private property. It also analyzes a quote depicting classical liberalism's focus on self-interest and competition. Finally, it notes that contemporary liberalism balances individual interests with the interests of the whole through policies like welfare capitalism.

1. Perspectives on Ideology<br />Mica Pettibone<br />In the first source we see a perspective showing how the changing times have brought different ideologies to the Inuit people. In the past the Inuit were very much a collectivist society, sharing what they had in order to provide for each other. In this way they were following the collectivist belief of doing things for the good of the whole. There was also self preservation in the concept of collectivism, when the groups of Inuit were small there was need to stay close together and preserve others in order to protect someone else’s skill set. A good hunter might be bad at making clothes or shelter. Now that there are more people and easier access to resources the Inuit have grown apart and embraced the concepts of contemporary liberalism, and individualism. We see the Inuit no longer sharing among each other as the idea of ‘the right to prosper’ takes root. Greed is a mover of people and is a large contributes to why we wish to succeed on our own and take glory and prosperity for ourselves and not share with those who have not ‘earned it’. <br />The second source depicts a clear example of individualism and, within that, classical liberalism. The quote ‘In my day bears had to work for their honey’ ties to the self interest and competition seen in classical liberalism. We see the man showcasing the personified attitude of self interest and competition, in the unwillingness to share with anyone, especially a potential competitor. We also see that the man is unwilling to help the ‘poor’ and believes that they are in that position because of their own failings and should have to work their way out of it. Classical liberalism focuses very strongly on this every man for himself mentality. Once again we see the idea of the ‘right’ to prosper and the idea that an individual should be as rich or poor as his skills would allow him to be.<br />The ideas behind classical and contemporary liberalism are the same and there are even connections to be made between individualism and collectivism. Firstly we see that Classical and Contemporary Liberalism move to separate people into individuals by allowing for the success or demise of a person based on their own abilities. The principles behind individualism are tied to the concept of treatment and success based on ones skill and ability to succeed. We see the differences between the collectivist mentality and the individualist one in the first source where the Inuit people have stopped sharing what they had and looking after one another, where some people are poor and others have more but won’t share it, because there is now a concept of private property that was much stronger than before. <br /> In recent times we see that classical liberalism has been replaced by a more sensible version of ‘contemporary liberalism’ which is still yet to be perfected but coming closer towards balancing the interests of the individual to the interests of the whole. In order to keep ourselves from falling into a cycle of success, recession, and rebellion we have instituted welfare capitalism which is an idea based off of a collectivist policy however it is also individualist. The idea of making sure not to have people becoming ‘too’ poor is one that has been put in place as a safety net. A safety net that’s purpose is to prevent capitalism from repeating itself. Contemporary liberalism is a mixture of individualist and some collectivist policies in order to find a balance. In this way collectivism and the contemporary liberalism behind individualist policy can be interconnected. <br />