Communism

Russia was one of the two superpowers the cold war was metaphorically fought between. The other was America and for decades the two superpowers, with their opposing ideologies (communism - Russia and capitalism - America). Events such as the Cuban Missiles Crisis, Détente, Prague Spring and Berlin Wall were all caused due to superpower tensions. The cold war started in 1943, following tensions at the three conferences between GB, the USA and USSR (Russia) when deciding how to end WW2. When WW2 was over, the two remaining superpowers, Russia and the USA (as GB had been crushed following WW2) had no common enemy and relationships started turning frosty when in 1945, Harry Truman, president of the USA casually told Stalin, leader of the USSR that the USA had developed the first atomic bomb and was prepared to use it against the Russians. This was the start of approximately 45 years of Nuclear tension, and was only ended when Gorbachev (who became leader of USSR in 1985) called it of at a conference in 1989, and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall was another symbol of this release in tension. In 1991, the USSR broke down into several states and its satellite states turned away from communism aswell. Russia is now an independent, capitalist state, as communism quickly fell.

Communism has no economy, as it has no money or wages or prices.

A real free market probably doesn’t exist, but market economies rely on production for profit and exploitation of those who really produce the goods and services.

Cuba never had a formalized opposition, so when the Revolutions of 1989 spread over much of the communist world, no such thing occurred in Cuba. The Communist Party was the only ideological game in town.

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Communism and socialism are largely based on the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Their most influential book, The Communist Manifesto, laid out the principles of communism and critiqued capitalist societies. Marx's later work, Das Kapital, developed a comprehensive critique of capitalism and proposed a vision of a classless, stateless society based on communal ownership of the means of production.

My short and indirect answer is this- I believe the world is fortunate that Communism has been in control of China for so long. They are an enterprising and intelligent people. Their drive for gain is unequaled. Just imagine a resourseful ,Democratic and determined nation of 1.4 billion, with each individual given capitalist freedom. The communist government there is slowly pulling the stops out -with a free market economy. We are seeing the results now, the controls can't stay in place much longer. The Chinese are buying into foreign mining companies and buying up huge mineral leases in a scale that's hard to describe. There are 350 million middle class there and they traditionally like to show their wealth in Gold. The government has recently lifted the possession limit from 3 ounces to unlimited. Watch out world!

The government owns everything. The people don't own anything. The government also tells people where to live, where to work, the government owns the newspapers, TV channels, and blocks internet access. In a communist government people do not have rights.

Some obvious positive aspects of Communism are that there are no rich people or poor people; wealth is divided evenly. Many more jobs are available, and there is no upper- or lower-class. Everyone makes the same amount of money. However, Communism can't really exist. People would take advantage of the fact that everyone gets money and not work as hard (or at all). Also, there is no clear theory as to how the government would function in a truly Communist society, as no country has successfully implemented Communism without having the government be a dictatorship or a totalitarian government.

Deng's brand of communism was more economically focused, and much more similar to capitalism than Mao's was. Deng focused on materialism and benefits for peoples work where as Mao relied on the revolutionary enthusiasm and egalitarian policies.

The Comintern, or Third International, intended to fight "by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State."

Let it run it's course. All politically communist states have either disbanded or in the process of doing so to a greater or lesser degree. Eventually capitalism becomes more attractive as was witnessed by the statement by China in the Eighties. That is not to say that the state does not continue to be ruled by despotism.

For the west it was right as WW2 ended, the allies and the soviets didn't trust each other which led to the berlin wall being erected, then in the late 40's & 50's for america especially started the eradication of any communist or socialist and extreme promotion of capitalism.

It is generally a one-party system, although sometimes there are multiple parties, but with one dominant party which the other parties almost invariably support (i.e. the old East Germany).

Political leaders rise up through the bureaucracy; elections offer little or no real choice. Internally the party operates on the principle of democratic centralism, which means that public expressions of dissent from the party line are not allowed.

The economy in a communist state is dominated by state-owned and state-run enterprises, although there is also generally some degree of social or co-operative ownership and of small-scale private ownership.

Contrary to popular belief, communism does not completely operate as a "evil, all-powerful government". A communist government operates well under poverty-stricken countries, providing equal rations of food and property to all. Essentially "take from the rich; give to the poor", a communist nation equalizes the class of all the citizens. Communism was popular during post-World War II times as most of the Asian countries involved struggled to rebuild. Famous examples included China, which became the People's Republic of China.

China was struck by widespread poverty after the invasion by Japan in World War II. Operating under a communist government, it was able to reassure its population, and provide food, water, and shelter to every citizen.

However, in countries such as the United States, communism would not operate well, as most citizens are well above poverty. The United States economy and stature as the world's superpower prevents it from needing a communist government like other nations, and allows it to continue its democratic and free enterprise policies.

The United States despises communist nations (and vice-versa), as both do not understand the governments that best suit the other.

There are several reasons why the west feared communism. The wealthy were scared that the middle class and the poor would gain access to the wealth and resources that they had acquired.

Don't listen to that person other person they don't know what they're talking about. Technically, communism is a type of monarchy and to be specific an absolute monarchy. However monarchy/dictatorship never truly exists because it's always a group with one person as the visible leader. Oligarchy means "ruled by a few" and monarchy is just a different type oligarchy.

So there are two answers to your question

1. Technically, no it's a monarchy.

2. Figuratively, it's an oligarchy but not a true oligarchy.

Truman took over the presidency at the end of WW2 and Stalin was taking over Eastern Europe. In the negotiations with Stalin and Churchill Truman could see that Stalin was planning to import communism. He felt he got on "bad deal" in the division of Berlin and worked to protect Russia against further invasion. The Cold War had begun and the western nations began their policy of containment.

Communism requires a government-controlled command economy, while fascism does not.

Marx did not understand human nature. He wanted to live in a utopian society. Everyonewould be equal and no religion. But that's not the way human's live.

The countries that are using Communism are Laos, China, Vietnam, and Korea. Communism is based on Marxism, that the government controls all production and Communism itself means "Everyone owns every thing another person has". this would lead to dictatorship. even though, the countries that use communism would end up with a good economy since everyone is willing to work for the gowernment

In today's China, the old form of socialism, meaning total ownership of the means of production, has slowly been eroded. The Chinese Communist Party still controls the politics and economy of China, however, parts of China's economy have been changed to a more mixed economy. I emphasize "parts". One example of a non socialist China is the stock exchange in Shanghai.

The Truman also known as "containment"

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In 1895, Lenin and several other Marxist followers formed the Union of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class. The Union was seen as akin to a trade union which was illegal under the Tsarist regime. Lenin and some others were quickly arrested. He spent a year in prison then was exiled to Siberia for three years from 1897 to 1900.

some of the challenges that russia faced as they made their transition from communism to democracy was that the fall of communism swept away the securties of communism. Crime levels rose and minority groups persuing separatism have been brutally suppressed.

Control of Russia passed to Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Gregory Zinoviev acting together. Gradually, Stalin ousted the others and took complete control by 1929.