...Communism vs. Socialism The Industrial Revolution transformed our lives economically and socially. It changed the way people live and the societies we live in. These changes were made by the economic systems such as capitalism, communism, socialism, utopianism, and feudalism. Communism was an economic system where a country’s farms, factories, and businesses were totally owned and controlled by the government. Socialism was an economic system where there was public ownership of basic industries. Communism was the most beneficial for society because this economic system proved benefit for all the people and made money become a thing from the past, but on the other hand, socialism was valuable to society because was an economic system of social organization in which production, distribution, and exchange was owned by a country as a whole....
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...Capitalism vs. Communism Throughout history, there have been many systems developed in order to have a better society. Two of the most analyzed, and debated systems that have tired to change an economy for the best are communism, and capitalism. Communism, and capitalism have been compared on many levels, such as why they will or will not work, and which one works better. Throughout this essay I will concentrate on the differences, and similarities of how each operates, along with the benefits, and problems that each of them produces. Both of these economic systems theories came about around the same time, in the late 17th to mid18th centuries. One of the main contributor for capitalism was Adam Smith, writing The Wealth of a Nation in 1776, and Karl Marx for communism publishing the Communist Manifesto in 1848. These both were looked as a manual or guide for achieving such advancements. Communism called for the people to not be selfish and work for the benefits of the community rather for their well being. It asks them to see that what benefits the whole, benefits themselves. Capitalism on the other hand is focused on working for individual growth, and personal ownership to provide wealth for one's self. Communism plans to have a higher power or government control the economy to create a better way of living, by which all goods are equally distributed. As capitalism wants the government to not play a big role in the system, but instead wants it to be up to private ownership...
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...Communism was established by Karl Marx and Friedrich engels in the second half 19th century. Communism is one of the three economic systems we have in the world today. The overall concept of communism is to equalize the social conditions of life. In other words, communism discusses the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as of giving out all wealth equally to everyone, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage to all. In Communism, the government councils decides what to produce depending on what they see as a need of all the people, which government owned factories produce the goods they decide to make, and which citizens get which goods. In 1884. Marx and Engels wrote and published “The Communist Manifesto”....
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...Adlai E Stevenson once said, “Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.” The communism Stevenson is referring to does not match the communism Karl Marx wrote about in his political pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto. In Marx’s pure, communist economy, the community makes decisions. “In today's communist countries, most economic decisions are made by the government. Its leaders make all economic decisions, a system known as a command economy. The decisions are outlined in a plan that is carried out with laws, regulations and directives.” (useconomy) The communist countries in the twentieth century were not Marx’s idea of communism because the government is involved instead of the community. In an ideal world, Communism would be utopia. Everyone would work together for each other’s benefit instead of personal gain. However, the state of communism in the world in the twentieth century was very different from the utopia Marx alluded to as seen in the communist Russian government. One of the major issues with communism is that it can kill any ambition or motivation of the people in the communist country. Because individual efforts only benefit the community as a whole and there is no chance of moving up in class, communist citizens often have no motivation to work hard in their jobs. This is one of the major reasons for the economic downfall of the Soviet Union during the...
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...“It is not power that corrupts but fear” (Aung San Suu Kyi). Pol Pot became the leader of the Khmer Rouge and shaped it due to communistic ideas. Pol Pot believed Communism could change Cambodia’s lifestyle to be more beneficial. The Khmer Rouge killed opposition and anybody who questioned their regime. Genocides are often fueled by revolution in a certain society. The Khmer Rouge was no exception, they used ideas of Communism to alter Cambodia’s economic system to try to benefit the people, but ended up creating a genocidal revolution. The Cambodian Genocide was carried out by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge during 1975 to 1979 (Combat Genocide). About 1.6 to 2 million people were killed during the genocide (Combat Genocide). Pol Pot wanted to...
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...First Industrial Revolution Kathryn Nicole Lindsey Western Governors University The Industrial Revolution started in England in the late eighteenth century when company men used the power of the streams nearby to help power the factories. Everything use to be handmade before this. Suddenly mills and factories were producing textiles faster than ever with the help of machines. The Industrial Revolution secret soon left England because a young man named Samuel Slater, who stole the technology by remembering the plans for the mills. Slater stowed away onboard a ship and brought America the Industrial Revolution. Slater was then known as the “Father of the Industrial Revolution” which is funny because he actually stole the plans. With the mill and factories growing and expanding at a great speed they were able to add other products to the line such as everyday things like furniture. By the end of the nineteenth century American farmers started moving into the cities were they worked in the factories. The farming industry was not making a lot of money at the time so the families would send their children especially daughter to work in the mills and factories so that they could send money home to help the farm. America then turned from being an agriculture society to an urban society in no time. The largest novelty of the Industrial Revolution was the assembly line which helped make products a lot faster than before. This allowed for prices to drop but also...
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...quality of goods. 4. Different varieties of product. 5. Consumer’s choice given full priority. Disadvantages of Capitalism: 1. Inequality in the distribution of national wealth. 2. Talent wastes 3. Level of employment fluctuations 4. Class conflicts 5. Heavy expenses on publicity result into increase in cost and price of the commodity. Communism: Communism refers to a political system that stresses the primacy of collective goals over individual goals. Characteristics of Communism: • Needs of the society are viewed as a whole than individual freedom. • State-owned enterprises are managed to benefit society as a whole, rather than individual capitalists. For Example Cuba, Vietnam, China (market based economic reforms). • In communism personal belongings, like shoe, watches and clothes are allowed to be owned by individuals and houses are owned by the states. Advantages and Disadvantages of Communism: Advantages of Communism: 1. Following are the merits of communism 2. Full employment of manpower 3. Careful life 4. Equitable distribution of wealth 5. Economic growth and rapid development Disadvantages of Communism: 1. No sympathy for workers. They are treated as machines 2. No time for personal space. 3. Central state authority holds all means of...
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...Communism: A Review of an Ideology Raymond Castaneda English 228: Fall Session 2012 The purpose of this essay is to explain how unsuccessful Communism is ideologically in part due to its’ economic shortcomings. For ages, mankind has been in search of a perfect society, a utopia; a society, in which no suffering exists, and everyone is happy. In writing, they are common, from the City of Atlantis to the Garden of Eden. However, there are no utopias, none for which anyone can provide proof of. For better or worse, there have been men who have attempted to bring about these utopias in the form of egalitarian societies. Some of these societies have aimed at removing the differences in social class and material wealth between people in an attempt to establish a utopian society. For example communism which was based on a Marxist utopian ideology, has proven to be ultimately a flawed principle and regime. In recent times, so called utopian societies were identified as either socialist, or communist. True communist societies have aimed to be egalitarian, and perhaps even utopian. While the effects of communist and socialist regimes are not confined to one single aspect of human life, this essay focuses on the economic effects of communism. Unfortunately, they have not succeeded in either; instead these societies have resulted in poverty, violence, and overall failure . Modern communism cannot be explained without first defining it, as there have been many historical and contemporary...
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...but, compared to other countries, America has a lot of freedom when it comes to the rights of the individuals. The economic system that the United States uses is capitalism. Capitalism is the economic system that is also known as the free market system, and is based off on private ownership, economic freedom, and fair competition. Other countries, however, use socialism as their economic system. Socialism is based on the principle that the government should operate some of the key enterprises that affect the welfare of the public. Finally, some countries choose to use communism as their economic system. Communism is based off of the principle that the government should operate and direct almost all enterprises. Clearly, these three economic systems are very different in the way that they operate. In this paper, I am going to compare and contrast the three types of economic systems: capitalism, socialism, and communism. Capitalism, also known as the free market system, is the economic system used by the United States. Because of capitalism, we have what are called fundamental rights. Fundamental rights are rights that the people have because of living in a capitalist economy. Capitalism gives the right to own a business and to keep the profits that are earned after taxes have been taken out. This means that if you earn money from a business, you get to keep it after you are taxed by the government. Obviously, business owners are always hoping for a lower tax rate so that they...
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...Mohammad Kareem Conservatism: In Theory Communism would work and is the best way to form a government, but as this ideology was implemented in different countries and nations the reality has shown it might be very far from being perfect. This system of government as well as economy is also based on trying to create equality. Communism can be related to Socialism which creates equality by essentially sharing all profits and land with the community. Unlike socialism however,Communism believes that there is no need for a profit to be given to the worker or for land to be owned by any workers because it creates inequality and this must be done to ensure social order. A Lot of the communist ideology is totally opposite and against capitalist views. There is no competition in communism and wages and salaries are equal across all carers and work. In Communist theory, government leaders should only be temporary and used only to gear the population towards true order and then step down and let the work cycle continued. Many of the communist ideology is predominantly theory and is highly criticized by many nations. In today's day and age many countries have decided to opt out of the communist social structure because it is unpractical and does not provide true equality as theorized. Communism was a fairly modern ideology founded only about 120 years ago but has lingered throughout history. The majour man honoured with the creation of communism is Karl Marx who lived between 1818-1883 and...
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...Tuesday April 30, 2015 Democracy vs. Communism Communism has always been used as secret weapon to make the poor believe that being rich is inappropriate, and that the poor have less because the rich people took the money away from them. In reality, the communist government wants to take the money from the wealthy to make the governing body itself rich. Democracy, on the other hand, promotes capitalism, which allows economic freedom, which helps political freedom; efficiency, economic growth, and everybody having the opportunity to start the business that he or she desires. Communism and democracy are two different ideologies that have each had a great impact in the world. Communism can be defined as a socioeconomic structure that stands for the establishment of classless, egalitarian and stateless society. Democracy, on the other hand, is a political system of governance either carried out by the people directly or by elected representatives. “Democracy may not be the perfect form of government, but sure it is way better than communism” said Jones in his journal, Power and Democracy Education Every single human being in the world knows that this is not true. Everybody knows that communism is a secret weapon that the rulers in the countries where communism is practiced use it to enrich themselves, their families and their friends. Communism is a political ideology that is based on...
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...The People's Republic of China highlights a fundamental principle of Capitalism in the idea that it is the natural system to be used. After traveling to China in 2010 my understanding of the place, Communism and Human nature has evolved. Though China is officially Communist, in nearly every way it is a capitalist system. The greed of humanity had infected the ideals of the nation and caused it to revert to a modernized version of what it set out to destroy. Emperors and palaces replaced by Communist officials, CEOs and skyscrapers. This shook my faith in Human's as we seem truly incapable of rising above our nature to use intellectual social systems to make the world a good place for all people. This level of hypocrisy, while disappointing, was not new to me. Politicians at home always acted hypocritically. Invading countries while preaching peace and calling for austerity while living in mansions. The reason why this hypocrisy shocked me so much was because of how badly people suffered from it. The suffering of 100s of millions of people so that extravagant wealth could be created for the few. Communist revolutions all involve in powering the workers however this nearly always is abandoned quickly and the workers are exploited as happened in the Soviet Union under Stalin. In China it's less obvious. There is not one man, one face that we can accredit the rule of China too. The communist party that governs the country has over 100 million members but only a few have real power...
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...During the Cold War, the majority of Americans had a view of communism that depicted it to be nothing but evil; however, for the millions of people who had revolted against their former government, it was the only way forwards. The situation that developed in Korea during this time was a very accurate description of this. The people of North Korea were pushed down enough that they revolted against their government and formed a communist state while American simply viewed this as another country that had begun the process of falling to communism. The Korean War greatly enhanced the fear and hatred that the United States and the nations that had converted to communism felt for each other. The Korean War, although primarily only fought by the US, North and South Korea, Russia, and China, would have many political consequences around the world that...
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...Industrial Revolution The Untied States and Great Britain were at the for front of the Industrial Revolution, this revolution was a period between 1780 and 1850 of rapid scientific and technological change in these countries. Soon after the rest of the world would follow. One of the big changes that happened during the Industrial Revolution was changes to manufacturing. New tools were able to transform the ways textiles, steel, food production, and chemicals were produced. This new innovation made it much faster for these products to be produced and in return led to greater productions. A single powered machine could produce more in one day that a single factory worker could in one week. This led to the ability to meet consumer demand on a much faster scale. These new machined also brought more uniformity to what was being produces, meaning the things such as screws, and fitting were able to be standardized and that led to a foundation if future technologies. These new machines were expensive investors had to pool their money together in order to buy them which contributed to the spread of corporation, and factory model of production (Soomo, The Industrial Revolution and Social Consequences). Because of this new large scale manufacturing, occupations that people once relied on for work and income were now taken over forcing people to work in factories. Factory workers even included women and young children. This led to the breakdown of the family unit. Before factories...
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...group dominated most of the society, and created a tougher life for those below it. Marx’s states, “We see, therefore, how the modern bourgeoisie is itself the product of a long course of development, of a series of revolutions in the modes of production and of exchange”. Here we see a prime example of Marx defining how the Bourgeoisie was able to run and operate this society. Marx explains that whether the field was industry, exchange or trade, the Bourgeoisie still has an upper hand. It is interesting to notice how Marx’s clearly states how the Bourgeoisie has a distinct advantage on Proletariats but yet Marx looks down upon this same group simultaneously. It is evident that society is created in this manner to benefit those with more money and power but communism is still prevalent and should over power the class struggle. The Bourgeoisie and Proletariats go back and forth with each other throughout this piece of literature. The Bourgeoisie has the power and can tell the Proletariat what to do, take extra money, and control most of the land. On the other hand, the Proletariats have the numbers and can overthrow certain leaders with unions and riots. However, the problem is that it comes back full circle and comes...
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