What is a drawback of communism?
* True Communism is very hard to achieve. ** It can only be born either through a very carefully and well constructed self-sufficient economy, or (a more beneficial option) if the entire world aims for the advancement to communism. ** Mustering up such a worldwide support is near impossible, especially with class-based society and the millions of greed-ridden people in the world.
* It can be heavily prone to corruption if it not managed properly. ** Marxism-Leninism (A form of communism) requires the establishment of a vanguard party (Which can be likened to that of a temporary dictatorship) to quicken the establishment of what is deemed a "dictatorship of the proletariat" (masses). This worked well when Vladimir Lenin was in power during the initial stages of Soviet Russia. However, as shown with North Korea or Stalinist Russia, this can very easily go badly. ** In this case, the nation is no longer Communist, but Authoritarian Socialist, which can then further descend a pure Dictatorship. (e.g. present North Korea)
* Finally it can lead to economical stagnation if not managed improperly and/or is trumped by offshore nations. ** This issue would be non-existent with a worldwide communist effort. However with other capitalist superpowers existing within the world during the formation of this said communist nation, this can cause many issues. In worst case scenarios (Like what was seen during the Cold War) one/some of these capitalist nations will undertake procedures to stop the spread of communism in order to keep their own nations rich. ** Hence why Soviet Russia has failed, and there exists a worldwide prejudice against the ideology (Which is largely due to propaganda).
How did Joseph Stalin gain power in communist Russia?
== == He used purges and violence to make people fear him (and therefore support him) by having anyone who threatened his leadership killed. He also used things like the secret police and propaganda.
Why did the Vietnam war start not including to stop the spread of communism?
Communism (a global community with. Io borders or governments or money) was certainly not being ‘spread‘ in Vietnam.
What are the similarities and differences between communes and communism?
Communes were self-contained and presumably self-governing living establishments that were organized on a communal basis. They had mess halls and so on. it was a tightly knit community ( at least in theory) and contacts with the outside- though necessary for commercial survival, were held to a minimum. on the lower ranks at leas they tried to impose a moneyless economy. There were a number of societies of this type in the United States- most originally having some Religious basis such as the Ephrata Cloister, now a tourist attraction and such things as convents and monasteries, mission-houses, etc. Therefore they were not (Godless communists). Soe fo the religious ones included the Ephrata Cloister, the Brooke Farm, Oneida Community- portions of which still exist as purely commercial ops, and the Amana society which also manufactures appliances. the Hutterite religion has communistic aspects, and is often confused with the Amish but uses, in fact absolutely requires the most up to date farming machinery and equipment. There were both agrarian and industrial communes. There was one in France, still active that was based in part on a steel foundry- I cannot recall the name. Communes frequently had some religious basis unlilke Marxist Communism.
What were the effects of Communism on China?
Communism could actually work very well in a perfect world, the problems lie with humanity, the system makes it very easy for the few to rule the many, the rich to opress the poor. The old saying by Thomes Jefferson (My personal favorite president) "People should not fear their government, the government should fear its people" rings very true in this system. Economic growth is also stifled due to wealth redistribution. And it is shown time and again throughout history that personal freedoms are tramped upon and taken away. I feel that greed for money and power are the main reasons for the corruption of this particular system. In an imperfect world communism just doesn't work.
He was a communist, (communists are bad), He believed in Marx and Lenin
When did the Bolsheviks change their name?
After the Bolsheviks gained control of Russia, they changed their name to the All-Russian Communist Party, although the name Bolshevik was still used to refer to the party. They wanted to differentiate themselves from other socialist groups, so they used the term communist to set them apart.
What are the differences between Communism and National Socialism?
Capitalism and communism are economic philosophies-they are ideas that describe how an economy should be run. Nazism and Fascism are political ideologies- they are ideas that describe how a government should run.
First, to understand the economic philosophies, we need to define "the means of production", which is a key phrase. This phrase refers to things like factories, mines, farms, and the equipment used for those things. With that in mind...
1. Capitalism is the basic economic philosophy that allows anyone to own "the means of production". In theory, if you can get enough money, then you can buy and own a shoe factory or a gold mine or a wheat farm, and you get to decide what to pay the workers and you get to do what you want with the profits.
2. Communism is an economic philosophy that is considered one branch of Socialism. It believes that "the means of production" should be owned by society, specifically, the workers. So the people who work in a shoe factory or on a wheat farm or in a gold mine should be the ones who own that thing, and should share the profits it makes.
Now, those are just the basic ideas behind the philosophies- they are both much more complicated than just that. Both can be broken down into other sub-categories, and these all have different ways of doing things. For example, Communism can be broken into Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, and many more, and each does things differently. Capitalism can also be broken down similarly. Additionally, things get a little iffy when actually tried- for example, the Soviet Union claimed to be communist, but the workers never really had any power... the communist party ran everything and lived like an aristocracy while the workers were largely irrelevant.
Moving on to Fascism and Nazism. They are very closely related ideologies, and are generally considered to be "far right" on the political spectrum, but in all honesty, they don't easily fit in the left vs. right system. Both borrowed some ideas from the left-wing, and both considered their ideologies to be "Third Position"- neither leaning towards Communist nor Capitalist based economies. Both sought to set up a totalitarian, single party dictatorship ruled by a single all-powerful leader.
Fascism is a political philosophy, originally from Italy, that emphasizes nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism, anti-democracy, anti-communism, and anti-capitalism. They believe that "The State" (that is, a strong central government, completely controlled by Fascists) should take control of everything in the country, and run things under what they call "corporatism". Corporatism is the idea of splitting the economy into separate sectors, which would each be managed by their own government agencies. Labor unions get folded under the umbrella of these agencies and union actions (like strikes) are banned.
Nazism is a German version of Fascism. It shares a lot of the same basic principles (including all the "-isms" listed above under Fascism), but the Nazis strongly emphasize racist policy (most famously by hating Jews), and when they ruled Germany, did not really follow the corporatist economic model- in short, they removed as many Jews from the economy as they could, and then not only let the Weimar Republic's capitalist system mostly stay in place, they actually passed some very pro-business laws, like outlawing labor unions, reducing minimum wages, and even making it illegal to quit your job without your boss's permission. In theory, the most important thing to Nazis is helping "pure" German people (that is, people of German descent with no foreign ancestors), which they call "Aryans"; but in practice, Nazi Germany seemed more interested in taking total control of the country, building up the military, and conquering other countries- all while systematically slaughtering anybody they happened to dislike.
Things get a little murky though because of the history of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. On the surface, the two governments looked extremely similar, and it's not uncommon to see the terms used interchangeably. Then, to make things more complicated... Italy did very poorly in World War 2- their military was pretty terrible, and Germany had to keep bailing them out. Pretty quickly, Germany became the dominant partner, and forced Mussolini (Italy's Fascist leader) into accepting Nazi style racist policies. So while racism was not actually part of Fascist policy (when Hitler was coming to power in Germany, Mussolini often wrote criticisms of Hitler's pointless racism), by the time the Fascists lost control of Italy, they were carrying out Nazi-style racist policies.
What type of policy did the United states implemented to stop the spread of communism?
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What role did Gorbachev play in the collapse of the USSR?
In hindsight, it is quite clear that the Soviet Union was already doomed in the early 1980's. It could not keep up with the West militarily nor economically, and it was increasingly unable to keep its populace blind from the outside world. The key factor holding the Empire together was the Red Army, and the threat of force. Gorbachev must have realized this and understood the need for major reforms. However, there was simply too much bitterness from years of oppression and brutality conducted by the regime. There were still generations which remembered those years, and the reforms, although probably in the right direction, came too fast and went too far. Had Gorbachev done nothing but simply towed the traditional party line, the USSR would have eventually collapsed because of its own impossibility. It can be argued that had he been more cautious with his reforms and introduced them more gradually, the Soviet Union could have survived intact, but that would have required a major reform of the bureaucracy and a crackdown of the rampant corruption, which the Soviet system had created and was infested with. The economic reforms failed and played into the hands of those who could best utilize them towards their own goals, and the situation of the ordinary people worsened even further. Gorbachev was responsible for the fact that the Soviet Empire disintegrated when it did. However, had he done nothing. The result might have been the same, except with more bloodshed and more chaos.
What statement best describes communism?
The coordinated use of words, images and actions to advance organizational aims
What are the advantages and disadvantages of information communication technology?
Advantages:
Faster systematic transactions of data
Less paperwork
easier to control data flow
Disadvantages:
Must have the employees trained to use new system
May cause security breach if not protected
may arise other problems such as maintenance and software updates
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What is the communism manifesto?
The Communist Manifesto was a book that described what Karl Marx believed would happen. He believed that the workers would unite and reform a society without government whereby all would contribute what they could and take only what they needed. This is called Utopian Socialism. It differs greatly from the "Socialism" and "Communism" practiced today in that today's Communist governments (Cuba, North Korea, etc) exist only through overburdening regulation and often brutal repression of the people.
In short, anarchy
What are the countries which still practice Communism?
Currently, there remain only four countries that describe themselves as "Communist":
- Vietnam
- People's Republic of China
- Laos (known formally as the Lao People's Democratic Republic)
- Cuba
Past Communist states include any member-nation of the former Soviet Union, along with:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Benin
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
- Ethiopia
- Grenada
- Kampuchea
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- North Vietnam
- North Korea (known formally as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) *
- Poland
- Romania
- Somalia
- South Yemen
- Yugoslavia
* - Claims of today's DRPK (North Korea) being Communist are somewhat incorrect as modern North Korea follows it's own "Juche Idea".
What event symbolize the end of communism?
The people of Ukraine and Belerus were given the chance to vote if they wanted independance from Russia, and both voted yes, officialy ending the Soviet Union, but the satelite states started breaking off in the 80's.
What was the military alliance founded by Western nations to counteract Communism in Europe?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded to provide a coordinated military strategy to deal with the perceived threat from the USSR.
The Soviet response to this was to create the Warsaw Pact: a military alliance of Russia and its communist Eastern European satellite states.
What is the US Policy to resist the spread of Communism?
Originally the USA was against a "Democracy" and described it as naked communism pre-1933/1934. In 1934 FDR stopped the publication of "The Manual on Citizenship Training" that gave this description, there was no official order (on record) to destroy all these books but that is what was done, as such; only 6 known copies of this book are known to still exist (1 at the Library of Congress, 4 at Fort Mead, 1 at the University of Texas) - several PDF (Electronic copies) are available on the internet. FDR then began to promote the USA as a Democracy which contradicts its original establishment as a Republic, and his "Big Deal" programs (socialist programs) to the American public.
Then a set of 'laws' and 'acts' related to this, generally termed as "McCarthyism" and a host of acts came out of those times (1940 - present day).
The Smith Act: was mostly non-effective, and already present in law, so it has / had no real effect to anyone (still in full force).
The Internal Security Act (ISA) / Subversive Activities Control Act / McCarran Act or any combination of these laws made it unlawful to have a communist origination unless it was registered with the USA; passed 1950, ruled unconstitutional in 1965 / 1967.
The Communist Control Act of 1954 was an extension of the original ISA and ruled unconstitutional, as part of the rulings, 1965 / 1967.
Under a strict definition of the original terms of Communism (given by Karl Marx, 10 planks of Communism) the USA today meets all requirements of Communism, including the socialist programs (in most parts).
Who said the US will give you money and supplies to any nation trying to resist communism?
After WWII, the United States enacted the Marshall plan in order to rebuild Western Europe and prevent the spread of Communism there. Secretary of State George Marshall enacted it in 1948, and it continued until 1952
No, Croatia is not communist. They are a democratic country.
The Domino Theory
What did Lenin want from World War I?
Lenin promised the Russians that if he were to gain power, he would immediately pull Russia out of WW I, which in fact he did. It was sort of like a campaign promise, except that Lenin was not conducting a campaign for election, he was conducting a revolution. But revolutions depend upon popular support as much as elections do. WW I was extremely unpopular in Russia, so this proved to be a very attractive promise.
What was Stalin's brand of communism?
Stalin's brand of Communism is commonly referred to as Stalinism.
What theory stated that if one country fell to communism others around it would too?
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