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What system has government ownership of the means of production and is usually assosicated with a totalitarian dictatorship?
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∙ 12y ago
Wikiuser is wrong. Socialism is defined in the dictionary as... "a political and economic theory of social organization, which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole."
Note that it says “community” not "government" and not “federal" or “national" or “central”. “Community" can mean the community of workers in a workplace, or the neighborhood in which people live, or the town or city….. whatever…. all the way up and down the scale. It does not require the existence of a government, let alone the government ownership of anything. In addition, it says "owned OR regulated."
"Democratic socialism" (like Bernie Sanders advocates) is not national ownership of everything. Only some things are nationally owned, and even those are administered locally. In "democratic socialism "each workplace is owned and operated by the workers who actually work in it... not by the federal government.
When any government is run by a totalitarian dictator it is by definition a “Dictatorship” and also by definition is the opposite of socialism! Neither Stalin nor Hitler was a socialist, nor were the governments under them. They were dictators and in the case of Hitler, the government was fascist (government merged with and run for the benefit of corporations).
Just because something is called “socialism" or “democracy" or whatever… that does not mean it is actually true. Just like our founders called what we have a "democracy" when, from the very beginning... it completely excluded all females, all native peoples, all people of color, all people who did not own any property, and basically included only wealthy property-owning while adult males, while actually condoning and enfranchising slavery! That is not “democracy" in any sense of the word. So in the same vein, the USSR under Stalin was not really a union of socialist republics, despite its name.
This is a very important issue, because the wealthy corporate interests in the US have been trying to make the American public believe their false claims that "socialism" is synonymous with, or always leads to dictatorships... in order to accomplish their goal of achieving a government that serves primarily the corporations and their wealthy major stockholders. That is what has been happening here for decades. It is time to dispel their misinformation strategy!
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What sysytem has government ownership of the means of production and is usually associated with totalitarian dictatorship?
Communist
What system has government ownership of the means of production and is usally associated with totalitarian dictatorship?
Dictatorial state capitalism.
Who owns the factors of production in cuba?
The government owns the factors of production. Since Cuba has a dictatorship and Raul Castro is now in charge, it can be said that he owns the factors of production.
Communism combines a?
Totalitarian government and socialist economic system
What is government control of land and all means of production called?
When the government controls the land and all the other means of production it is known as Communism. Communism is the system of in which all social and economical activities are controlled by a totalitarian state that is dominated by a single, self-perpetrating political party.
What is the role of government in a dictatorship?
Every government has three basic kinds of power, (1) legislative power, (2) executive power and (3) judicial power. The ultimate responsibility for the exercise of these powers may be held by a single person or group of people, as in dictatorship.
What philosopher's ideas are most closely associated with the term dictatorship of the proletariat?
Karl Marx coined the term "dictatorship of the proletariat" Ironically, it was not to be a dictatorship at all, but a democratic government. Marx called it the "dictatorship of the proletariat," but it would be a democratic government once the proletariat of workers revolted against the bourgeoisie and took over the means of production. Some form of government would still be necessary after the revolution. The "dictatorship" aspect meant that participation in it would be restricted to proletarians to the exclusion of the bourgeoisie. The main purposes would be to maintain order, but more importantly it would be to ensure the transition from capitalism to socialism by stamping out all vestiges of capitalism so that it would never return.
What advantages does Cuba have being a command economy?
Because in a command economy the government is in charge of most if not all of the factors of production.
What are the seven traits of totalitarianism?
In a totalitarian state all economic activity is controlled by the state. It is usually led by a dictator, all production of foods and goods are controlled by the state, the government controls all media so there is no freedom of press, and a person is absolutely not allowed to speak out about the government.
What command economy did russia have after the Russian revolution?
After the Russian Revolution, the country became increasingly centralized and authoritarian as Lenin and the Bolshevik Party subordinated the Soviets (the workers councils, or the true manifestation of worker's control over the means of production) under the power of a bureaucratic elite. After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin went even further into turning the Soviet Union into a totalitarian nightmare.
What economic theory states that the government should own and control the means of production and distribution?
Centrally Planned Economies are typical of totalitarian countries such as Cuba, North Korea. The econonomic theory behind these governments is usually a form of Marxism.
What is the name of the political and economic system used in the USSR?
they were consitutionally socialist, yet followed Marxist ideals and were a single party union ruled by the Communist Party.
