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Democratic Socialism

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Democratic Socialism is a political ideology that combines [[democracy]], [[civil liberties]], and [[socialism]]. It is an ideology that is in opposition to most of mainstream America which considers [[socialism]] synonomous with [[dictatorship]] and [[capitalism]] synanomous with [[democracy]] but this is not how democratic socialists view the world. [[Capitalism]] can sometimes be associated with brutal [[dictatorship]]s; the Somoza dynasty in [[Nicaragua]], the Karimov regime in [[Uzbekistan]], and the brutal reign of [[Chile]]an [[dictator]] [[Augusto Pinochet]] (who was installed in a US-backed military coup) are all example of brutal capitalist tyrannies. Capitalism can be associated with democracy and dictatorship much the same way socialism can. Democratic socialists are not as ideologically rigid as [[Marxist]]s and other Communists and will usually allow private enterprise to exist but will strictly regulate it. Some Democratic Socialist countries in the [[First World]] include the Scandinavian countries and [[France]]. Emerging socialist democracies in the [[Third World]] include [[Venezuela]] and [[Bolivia]] (although the former and sometimes the latter are considered dictatorships by many in the [[America]]n Mainstream, it is not known whether this is because of [[human rights abuses]] or just an ideological disagreement).
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Pleistocene

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The '''Pleistocene''' [[epoch (geology)|epoch]] is part of the [[geologic system]] of classifying geologic formations.
It is part of the [[Neogene]] period.
The Pleistocene is preceded by the [[Pliocene]] epoch and followed by the [[Holocene]] epoch.

Under the dates assigned by [[uniformitarian]] geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 1.8 million years ago to around 10,000 years ago.<ref>Gradstein and Ogg, 2004</ref><ref>Anon. (UCMP)</ref>

[[Flood Geology|Biblical geologists]] reject the [[uniformitarian]] assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, so they reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]).
Biblical geologists generally consider Pleistocene deposits to be post-[[Great Flood|flood]] deposits.<ref>Batten, 2007, p.211</ref>

It is during this period that modern man is theorized to have [[Theory of evolution|evolved]].
The Pleistocene is also believed by secular geologists to have experienced frequent glaciations.
Biblical geologists put the [[Ice Age]] in Pleistocene sediments.

Many large [[animal]]s went extinct at the time of deposition of the later Pleistocene sediments, including [[sabre toothed tiger]]s and woolly [[mammoth]]s.
Secular geologists believe that the Pleistocene [[ice age]] is still ongoing and that we are merely in an interglacial period, although [[global warming]] may result in a superinterglacial.
According to this idea, global warming will delay or prevent us from going into another ice age.

== Pleistocene extinctions ==

[[Flora]] and [[Fauna]] found in Pleistocene sediments are very similar to those found today.
Many of the same species of [[mollusk]]s, [[bird]]s, [[mammal]]s, and [[insect]]s still exist.
However, Pleistocene sediments also contain many large mammals which are now extinct. These include [[giant sloth]]s, [[woolly mammoth]]s, and [[sabre toothed cat]]s.
[[Horse]]s and [[camel]]s once galloped across the North American plains and giant birds with 25 foot wingspans stalked prey.
[[Scientist]]s state that these extinctions may have been caused by a combination of changing climate, disease, and overhunting by [[human]]s.

== Bibliography ==
* Anon., [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/quaternary/ple.html The Pleistocene] University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP).
*Batten, Don., et. al., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/cabook/chapter17.pdf How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia?] Chapter 17, Creation Answers Book, Creation Ministries International, 2007.</ref>
* Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]

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[[Category:Geologic systems]]
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Democratic Socialism

2007-11-01T16:11:12Z

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